The Contestant: Japanese Reality Star Nasubi Says He's the Only Person Who Truly Understands The Truman Show

One of the wildest stories in reality television has been given the documentary treatment this year, thanks to director Clair Titley's The Contestant. The documentary film dives into the harrowing story of Japanese reality contestant Tomoaki Hamatsu, better known as Nasubi, who appeared on controversial game show Susunu! Denpa Shōnen.

If this is the first you're hearing about Nasubi's story, you're probably thinking it sounds a lot like The Truman Show. The beloved Jim Carrey film follows a man who believes he's living a normal life, but everyone else knows he's set up in a fake life so that his existence can be broadcast on television.

For The Contestant's recent streaming premiere on Hulu, ComicBook.com spoke to Hamatsu about his experience and the topic of The Truman Show came up. Through an interpreter, Nasubi explained that he feels a connection to Carrey's character in the film, and that his experience has made him want to watch out for others in the reality TV space.

"I saw The Truman Show. When I saw it, even though it's fiction, I felt like I'm the only one in the world that really truly understands the character's feeling and what he went through," he told us."Nobody else but me, that's how I felt. 25 years ago I was kind of a pioneer figure in the world of reality shows. Now, more reality show type of things have been coming around.

"And what the audience wants, it will always reflect on the TV shows. So the more radical stuff, the more crazy stuff the audience wants to see, the demand is there and then there will be a reality show that will provide that. So my wish is that all those people will be protected and don't get hurt that much and do not produce any more victims anymore.

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