And then they shut the door and thats it.
And its a total of 15 months that hes in there.
Nasubi managed to win a lot of things that proved useless under the circumstances like a set of tires.
Nasubi in ‘The Contestant’Courtesy of Nippon TV
He applies to win clothes numerous times, Titley says.
He wins some womens panties that dont fit him.
The producer had only informed Nasubi the showmightair at a future date.
Nasubi in ‘The Contestant’
They told me it was a pilot, Nasubi recalls.
I wasnt sure that people were actually going to see me.
The voyeuristic series became a sensation, attracting tens of millions of viewers per episode.
Whenever he won a prize and celebrated with a happy dance, they cheered.
But TV viewers werent seeing the reality of what Nasubi was experiencing day to day.
My Life in Prizes, that was very much cruel, Nasubi tells Deadline.
The only thing I could do is to write and mail in to win the sweepstakes.
There is no happiness of my life.
There is no freedom…
But that was not edited into the program, that was not shown.
Maybe three or five minutes a week out of my life [were shown].
And that was edited to highlight my happiness when I won [a prize].
But the majority of my life was suffering.
He gets close to starvation, Titley notes.
He has to survive on rice, dog food, whatever comes through the door, basically.
Eventually, his entire life was livestreamed again, without his knowledge.
The Truman Showcame out while Nasubi was in the middle of doing the show, Titley says.
When Nasubi came out ofDenpa Shonen, he actually ended up going to the cinema to seeThe Truman Show… Not so different from what Nasubis went through.
I really felt cornered.
And then I felt thats really scary, how humans can do that to other people.
The show recapitulated the anguish of his childhood.
The show was a form of entertainment, but people were really laughing at me.
So that was kind of scary to me, something thats scary about humankind, Nasubi notes.
If people are presented that this is something really funny, then people think its funny.
I felt that brainwashing factor of it.
So, there is the potential fear of other people thats what I was feeling afterward.
The Contestantis an acquisition title atTIFF, with MRC handling sales.
I mean, hes a really humble guy and hes a good soul.
Some have described Nasubi as gullible for allowing himself to be taken advantage of by the producers ofDenpa Shonen.
At age 48 now, he seems to have reached a level of self-acceptance.
