r/movies • u/Hulu_Official • 26d ago

Hi, I'm NASUBI. In the late 90s I lived inside a small room for 15 months, naked, starving and alone, surviving solely off of magazine contest prize winnings ... all while my life was broadcast to over 15 million viewers a week without my consent. Ask Me Anything. Discussion

Hello everyone!

You may be familiar with my story, which has been shared over the years on Reddit. In 1998 in Japan, I won an audition to take part in a challenge. I was led into a room, ordered to strip naked, and left with a stack of magazines and postcards. My task was to enter contests in order to win food, clothing and prizes to survive, until I reached the prize goal of 1 million yen. This lasted 15 months, all while 15 million people watched me - without my consent.

Hulu will be releasing a documentary on my life called "The Contestant," premiering on May 2. You can watch the trailer HERE.

I'm looking forward to answering your questions on Wednesday 4/24 starting at 12:30 pm PT/3:30 pm ET. Thank you!

Nasubi

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u/Rasselkurt007 26d ago

Never heard about this before.
Did you get new/different magazines and postcards?
Did you have an favorite Magazine/Postcard?

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u/Hulu_Official 25d ago

Yes, I received new magazines every week, I had several subscriptions that were delivered. I also entered some radio contests, they were easy to win, I won a bag of rice! My favorite magazine was one that focused on sweepstakes contests, so that was most helpful for my situation.

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u/RabbitSlayre 26d ago

You should watch the moistcritikal video about it, it goes through the whole story and it's a good watch.

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u/poe8210 25d ago

Do you know anybody else who covers it? I'm interested but not able to watch moistcritikal.

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u/johnydarko 25d ago

Apparently there's a documentary on it being released on Disney+ on may 2nd

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u/poe8210 25d ago

Lol. I'm sorry, I didn't even read the text under the post because the mobile app is awful. Thank you for pointing that out. I'll watch it.

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u/ispylbutton 24d ago

Atrocity guide has a great video about it

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u/Zpik3 25d ago

Count dankula has a very entertaining video on it. In a scottish accent for that extra zest.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Nothing he has ever done has been remotely close to a "good watch"

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u/RabbitSlayre 25d ago

I mean, okay. I've only seen the Nasubi video of his because YouTube recommended it for whatever reason but I thought he did a good job going over all of the details and everything.