Tomoaki Hamatsu, known as Nasubi, became a massive reality TV star in his native Japan — without even knowing it. In 1998, Hamatsu auditioned for a Japanese reality show, which ultimately led to him ...

"I have always wanted to make people laugh. But there is a difference between making people laugh and being laughed at." This is what Nasubi, a Japanese actor and comedian, tells viewers in a new ...

TIFF: Clair Titley's film tells the story of a Japanese reality television show that more clearly resembled "Oldboy" than it did "The Real World." In Titley’s hands, however, the harrowing tale of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The event in question was the 1998 premiere of a reality TV series with an “entertaining” but ultimately cruel premise: Place a ...

Nasubi appeared on Japanese TV in 1998, before The Truman Show and Big Brother In 1998, a Japanese man was stripped naked and left alone in an almost-empty apartment as part of a challenge for a ...

It was a lottery, and Nasubi had no idea what his winnings were. After show producer Toshio Tsuchiya led him to a room, Nasubi was given the details of his challenge - but he said he was not told that ...

Hulu‘s latest documentary is a downright doozy that is both hilarious and horrifying at the exact same time. The Contestant, which is available to stream as of Thursday, centers on the very wild story ...

The Contestant, making its world premiere on Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, begins with this text on screen: “At the end of the 20 th century, Japanese audiences were confronted ...