All He got the rights The competitorA documentary from MRC and Misfits Entertainment that had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
The competitor In the year The true story of Tomoaki Hamatsu, a comedian nicknamed Nasubi, who rose to fame in 1998 when he starred in the reality show Denpa Shonen: A Life in Prizes. The premise of the show is that Nasubi has been naked in a room for over a year and is tasked with filling magazine auctions to earn food, but little does he know that he will become the most popular TV star in Japan with a circulation of over 15 million. People. (To cover up the nudity, manufacturers put the image of an egg on the private parts).
The film explores one of the first extreme realities that pushed boundaries and exploded the genre worldwide. The feature documentary reveals the true story behind the series, directed by Claire Titley with both show producer Toshio Tuchiya, who was always willing to push the contestant to the brink, and Nasubi himself, whose life was irrevocably changed by the experience. .
“My life in rewardThis was very cruel,” Nasubi said last time earlier this month. “The only thing I can do is write and mail the winner to win. There’s no joy in my life. No freedom… But that’s not fixed in the program, that’s not shown. Maybe three or five minutes a week of my life. [were shown]. And then it was adjusted to highlight my joy at winning. [a prize]. Of course, the audience would say, ‘Oh, look, he’s doing something that’s fun and that he likes…’ But most of my life was suffering.
The competitorProduced by Misfits Entertainment, Megumi Inman, Andee Ryder and Ian Bonhote.
“In the beginning, the people working on the TV show created all the loneliness for me,” Nasubi concluded. “I really felt cornered. And I felt that was really scary, how people can do that to other people.
