Kagatani Shizuo, an employee at home electronics manufacturer Victor Company of Japan (JVC) is transferred to the home video division of the company’s Yokohama factory, and told to cut the division’s staff by 20%. But Kagatani doesn’t want to fire anyone so he decides to increase sales instead by developing a home video player. Inspired by Kagatani’s impassioned phrase, “We have to defend our jobs ourselves,” the employees pour their efforts into product development, and perfect a trial model, VHS.
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe. 陽はまた昇る / AKA Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Writer: Kiyoshi Sasabe.
Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Watanabe, Naoto Ogata, Kyôko Maya, Ryôko Shinohara.
Cinematographer: Daisaku Kimura.
Composer: Michiru Ôshima.
outstanding story true story!
…thank you for making it available to watch for free!
I am retired now, but have been an employee of JVC in Europe for over 35 years. It was a great company with excellent engineers who had a passion for what they created. I have been to the plant in Yokohama and Hachioji many times. Seeing the engineers in the typical blue work clothes brings back many fond memories.
Thank you for making this movie available! I had been looking for it for a long time!
Kind regards
Semir Nouri
Former product manager pro video