Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

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

Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Watanabe, Naoto Ogata, Ryoko Shinohara, Katsutoshi Atarashi, Mitsuko Baisho, Tohru Emori, Renji Ishibashi

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