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The Contestant (2023)
Directed by Clair Titley
“The naked truth about the world's first reality star.”
Documentary · 1h 31m
The incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and alone... and completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on national TV in Japan, to over 15 million viewers a week.
Cast
Nasubi
Toshio Tsuchiya
Fred Armisen
Takehiro Hira
Crew
- Director
- Clair Titley
- Writer
- Clair Titley
- Director of Photography
- Mikul Eriksson
- Editor
- Rachel Meyrick, Katie Bryer
- Producer
- Andee Ryder, Ian Bonhôte, Megumi Inman, Amit Dey
Details
- Release date
- 2023-09-08
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Japanese
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Misfits Entertainment, MRC