Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002, Japanese. Directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Kiyoshi SasabeDirector
- Toshiyuki NishidaKagaya
- Ken WatanabeOkubo
- Naoto OgataEguchi
- Ryoko ShinoharaNatsuka Kashiwagi
- Katsutoshi AtarashiMiyashita
- Mitsuko BaishoMasae Murakami
- Tohru EmoriTerayama (President of Sony)
- Renji IshibashiKanezawa (Vice-President of Nippon Victor)
- Hoshi IshidaYuji Kagaya
- Jun KunimuraKoide
- Tatsuya NakadaiMatsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
- Isao NatsuyagiTakeda (President of Nippon Victor)
Details
- Released
- 16 June 2002
- Original title
- 陽はまた昇る
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kiyoshi Sasabe, Takuya Nishioka
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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS: quick answers
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How long is Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS?
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS runs 108 minutes (1h 48m).
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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 June 2002. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS?
If you liked Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS, try The Ballad of Narayama, Hurry Sundown, Come Sunday.
Who directed Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS?
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002) was directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe and stars Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Watanabe, Naoto Ogata.