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The Contestant (12A)

Genre: Documentary
Author(s): Clair Titley
Director: Clair Titley
Release Date: 29/11/2024 (selected cinemas)
Running Time: 91mins
Country: UK
Year: 2024

In 1998, Japanese TV producer Toshio Tsuchiya invited aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu aka Nasubi to live inside a small apartment and exist solely on sweepstake food prizes. Nasubi was blissfully unaware that his steady descent into delirium was being broadcast live to the nation. A feature-length documentary relives a strange-but-true moment in Japanese TV history including interviews with Nasubi and producer Tsuchiya about the project.



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