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The Contestant: Grim true story behind Japanese TV show that trapped and filmed man

Summary by The Independent
Every Sunday for more than a year, 17 million people tuned in to watch a naked man trapped in a tiny apartment, surviving off whatever he could win from mail-in competitions. The twist? Tomoaki ‘Nasubi’ Hamatsu had no idea he was being broadcast to the public. Tom Murray delves into the stranger-than-fiction story behind Hulu’s new documentary, ‘The Contestant’

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
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