UID:
kobvindex_ZLB13723483
Format:
1 DVD Video (ca. 108 Min.)
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1 Beil.
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Bildformat: 16:9 Letterbox
Content:
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (Hi wa mata noboru, 2002) ... documents a globally-influential technological achievement whose story is virtually unknown outside Japan. Additionally, the VHS vs. Beta aspects of its story will interest anyone following the present battle over HDTV formats. Finally, it offers a fascinating glimpse at how the Japanese view their own work culture... The picture opens in 1973, when a senior electronics engineer, Yuji Kagaya (Noshiyuki Nishida), reluctantly is transferred to a struggling Japan Victor branch in Yokohama that produces home video equipment. The video recorders are bulky and break down constantly, and its engineers, men like young Eguchi (Naoto Ogata, son of actor Ken Ogata) are more like repairmen than part of Victor's R&D (research and development) team. Victor is itself struggling, and Vice President Kanezawa (Renji Ishibashi) orders Kagaya to downsize his department. But Kagaya has a dream -- a videocassette recorder small and reliable enough for home use... (Stuart Galbraith IV)
Content:
Extras without subtitles: Stills and real-life technical documents of video equipment which were recreated for the film.
Note:
Ländercode: 2
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Special features: Making of featurette, theatrical trailer, teaser, TV spot, staff & cast bios, poster gallery, photo gallery
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Japan. mit engl. Untertiteln
Language:
Japanese
Keywords:
VHS-System
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Entwurf
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Geschichte
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Film
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DVD-Video
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Japan
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Unterhaltungselektronikindustrie
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Arbeitskultur
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Film
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DVD-Video
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Kagaya, Yuji
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VHS-System
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Erfindung
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Film
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DVD-Video
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DVD-Video
