Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Release Date: 2002-06-16

Overview: 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.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Kagaya

Ken Watanabe

as Okubo

Naoto Ogata

as Eguchi

Ryoko Shinohara

as Natsuka Kashiwagi

Katsutoshi Atarashi

as Miyashita