Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)
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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Toshiyuki Nishida as Kagaya |
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Ken Watanabe as Okubo |
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Naoto Ogata as Eguchi |
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Ryoko Shinohara as Natsuka Kashiwagi |
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Katsutoshi Atarashi as Miyashita |
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Mitsuko Baisho as Masae Murakami |
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Tohru Emori as Terayama (President of Sony) |
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Renji Ishibashi as Kanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor) |
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Hoshi Ishida as Yuji Kagaya |
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Jun Kunimura as Koide |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.) |
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Isao Natsuyagi as Takeda (President of Nippon Victor) |
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Masane Tsukayama as Watarai (Managing Director of Nippon Victor) |
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Ippei Kanie as |
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Ikuji Nakamura as |
| Directing | Kiyoshi Sasabe | Director |
| Editing | Hideaki Ohata | Editor |
| Production | 林周治 | Production Manager |
| Writing | Kiyoshi Sasabe | Screenplay |
| Writing | Takuya Nishioka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masaaki Satō | Book |
| Production | Toshio Zushi | Producer |
| Production | Shigeaki Komatsu | Producer |
| Camera | Daisaku Kimura | Director of Photography |
| Art | Katsuhiro Fukuzawa | Production Design |
| Art | Takayuki Nitta | Production Design |
| Art | Takaichi Wakamatsu | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Michiru Oshima | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | 北神行雄 | Music Producer |
| Sound | Genichi Tsushima | Music Producer |
| Sound | Yasuo Takano | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hideyo Sasaki | Sound Effects |
| Sound | 西村洋一 | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Masahiro Isono | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | 山田夏子 | Costume Design |
| Production | Atsuo Kikuchi | Line Producer |
| Directing | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Assistant Director |
| Directing | 石山久美子 | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | 阿部昌弘 | Still Photographer |