The Contestant (2023) movie poster

The Contestant (2023)

The naked truth about the world's first reality star.

91 minTV-MADocumentary

TMDb6.9/1059 votes

IMDb7.2/103,363 votes

Rotten Tomatoes92%

Metacritic67/100

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.

Country: United Kingdom, United States

Director: Clair Titley

Awards: 6 nominations total

Cast

Nasubi as Self

Nasubi

Self

Toshio Tsuchiya as Self

Toshio Tsuchiya

Self

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Kazuko Hamatsu

Self

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Seiichi Hirai

Self

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Harutaro Kagawa

Self

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Juliet Hindell

Self

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Ikuyo Hamatsu

Self

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Jun Anzai

Self

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Kenji Kondo

Self

Fred Armisen as Denpa Shonen Narrator (voice)

Fred Armisen

Denpa Shonen Narrator (voice)

Takehiro Hira as Nasubi's Diary (voice)

Takehiro Hira

Nasubi's Diary (voice)

Keywords

Plot:based on true storynakedtelevision broadcastlocked inlocked roomreality tvlocked insidereality shownaked life

Place:japan