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The Real Truman Show in Japan
The Debrief
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 - 56 minutes
"The world's most insane reality TV show" hit screens in Japan in 1998, telling the extraordinary tale of one man's survival locked in a room naked. His only way out: to win ¥ 1,000,000 in magazine sweepstake prizes.
Dane and Lucy speak with documentary filmmaker Clair Titley about her 2024 film The Contestant charting the stunning tale of Nasubi, which became a cultural phenomenon across Japan.
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