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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
8.0(3)20021h 48m
A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ultimately prevail.
- Director
- Kiyoshi Sasabe
- Writers
- Kiyoshi Sasabe,Takuya Nishioka
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Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida
Kagaya

Ken Watanabe
Okubo

Naoto Ogata
Eguchi

Ryoko Shinohara
Natsuka Kashiwagi
Katsutoshi Atarashi
Miyashita

Mitsuko Baisho
Masae Murakami

Tohru Emori
Terayama (President of Sony)

Renji Ishibashi
Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)

Hoshi Ishida
Yuji Kagaya

Jun Kunimura
Koide

Tatsuya Nakadai
Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)

Isao Natsuyagi
Takeda (President of Nippon Victor)

Masane Tsukayama
Watarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor)

Ippei Kanie

Hisashi Igawa

Ikuji Nakamura

Kyoko Maya
Keiko Kagaya

Adeyto
Secretary (as Laura Windrath)
Takashi Kikuchi

Ryosei Tayama
Hattori (Nippon Victor)
Cliff Taylor
American
Crew
Directing
- Kiyoshi SasabeDirector
- Tomoyuki TakimotoAssistant Director
- 石山久美子Script Supervisor
Writing
- Kiyoshi SasabeScreenplay
- Takuya NishiokaScreenplay
- Masaaki SatōBook
Production
- 林周治Production Manager
- Toshio ZushiProducer
- Shigeaki KomatsuProducer
- Atsuo KikuchiLine Producer
Camera
- Daisaku KimuraDirector of Photography
- 阿部昌弘Still Photographer
Editing
- Hideaki OhataEditor
Sound
- Michiru OshimaOriginal Music Composer
- 北神行雄Music Producer
- Genichi TsushimaMusic Producer
- Yasuo TakanoSound Recordist
- Hideyo SasakiSound Effects
- 西村洋一Sound Effects
Art
- Katsuhiro FukuzawaProduction Design
- Takayuki NittaProduction Design
- Takaichi WakamatsuSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- 山田夏子Costume Design
Lighting
- Masahiro IsonoGaffer