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'The Contestant' explores the early days of reality TV in Japan when a man named Nasubi spent over a year naked in isolation living off prizes from magazine sweepstakes while 30 million viewers tuned in to watch. Filmmaker Clair Titley interviews all the main players in the story and explores what happened to Nasubi after he became famous.
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'The Contestant' explores the early days of reality TV in Japan when a man named Nasubi spent over a year naked in isolation living off prizes from magazine sweepstakes while 30 million viewers tuned in to watch. Filmmaker Clair Titley interviews all the main players in the story and explores what happened to Nasubi after he became famous.
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