The Contestant (2023)
The naked truth about the world's first reality star.
90 min
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.
- Release date
- September 8, 2023
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
Trailer
Cast
- Toshio Tsuchiya as Self
- Nasubi as Self
- Kazuko Hamatsu as Self - Tomoaki Hamatsu's mother
- Seiichi Hirai as Self - Nasubi's manager
- Harutaro Kagawa as Self - director of reality show Denpa Shonen
- Juliet Hindell as Self
- Ikuyo Hamatsu as Self - Tomoaki Hamatsu's elder sister
- Jun Anzai as Self - Tomoaki Hamatsu's childhood friend
- Kenji Kondo as Self - mountain guide
Crew
- Clair Titley · Director
- Clair Titley · Writer
- Ian Bonhôte · Producer
- Amit Dey · Producer
- Megumi Inman · Producer
- Andee Ryder · Producer
- Nainita Desai · Composer
- Mikul Eriksson · Cinematographer
- Katie Bryer · Editor
- Rachel Meyrick · Editor