The Contestant: Reality TV show saw man live on competition prizes
A new documentary revisits the "sadistic" 1990s reality show which preceded Big Brother.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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The Contestant: Reality TV show saw man live on competition prizes
A new documentary revisits the "sadistic" 1990s reality show which preceded Big Brother.
Source: bbc.com
Still scarred: The Japanese comedian who unknowingly starred in a reality TV show
Twenty-five years ago Nasabi went through his own version of The Truman Show.
Source: smh.com.au
'Did he ever win any clothes?' The Contestant's big questions, answered
Hulu’s new documentary The Contestant is like a real-life Truman Show. We talked to contestant Nasubi and the director about why he didn’t just leave and more.
Kiyoshi Atsumi Tomoaki Nasubi Hamatsu Toshio Tsuchiya Clair Titley Truman Show Guinness World Record
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Documentary focuses on man behind a cruelly bizarre 1990s Japanese reality show
TOKYO — Naked and frail, a shaggy-haired man films himself as he endures solitude in a tiny room for months, and months more.
Source: niagara-gazette.com
The Contestant might be the year's most twisted documentary
The story of Nasubi, a Japanese game-show contestant who was livestreamed naked for a year, is a real-life Oldboy, full of terrifying turns. It’s streaming now.
Source: polygon.com
Where's Nasubi Now From The Contestant? What Happened to Tomoaki Hamatsu?
What's Nasubi from the Contestant now? What happened to Tomaoki Hamatsu after his stint of 15 months on reality Japenese TV completely naked.
Source: stylecaster.com
'The Contestant': Traumatic Isolation Played for Laughs
A new Hulu documentary looks back on a Japanese reality show starring a man, Nasubi, who didn’t know he was on TV. In an interview, he discusses why he’s sharing his story.
Source: nytimes.com
'The Contestant' Director And Subject On The Bizarre True Story
We spoke with 'The Contestant' director Clair Titley and Nasubi about consent, life after living in such a bizarre spotlight, and more.
Source: dreadcentral.com
'Intense and insane': was this the most unsettling reality TV show ever? | Documentary films
In the new documentary The Contestant, a Japanese man is put through an astonishing TV experience for more than a year
Source: theguardian.com