‘The Contestant’ Review: The Perils of Reality TV Laid Bare in Hulu’s Documentary Director Clair Titley takes us back to 1998 for a real-life 'Truman Show' in Japan.

The documentary The Contestant (now streaming on Hulu) chronicles the ordeal of a reality-TV star who was essentially tortured live, on camera, 24/7, for 15 months.His name is Tomoaki Hamatsu ...

Hulu has acquired the rights to The Contestant, the documentary feature from MRC and Misfits Entertainment that had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.. The ...

Watching Hulu’s mesmerizing documentary The Contestant, it’s hard to believe Park and Oldboy manga writer Garon Tsuchiya didn’t take some inspiration from its subject, Nasubi. Starting in ...

“The Contestant” will launch on Hulu in 2024. The documentary tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Nasubi, who auditioned for a TV show in 1998.

This stunning documentary explores social media and reality TV through the story of Nasubi, the unwitting centerpiece of a cruel Japanese game show. CNN values your feedback 1.

The documentary traces more than a year in the life of the 22-year-old Tomoaki Hamatsu, ... "The Contestant" draws on archival footage of what audiences saw in real time, ...

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.

A Hulu documentary looks at the story of a Japanese comedian named Nasubi who became the unwitting star of a reality show in 1998.

To say that the new Hulu documentary, The Contestant, is a wild ride is a severe understatement.Directed by British filmmaker Clair Titley, The Contestant recounts the story of Tomoaki “Nasubi ...