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‘The Contestant,’ A Look Into the Origins Of Japanese Reality TV

©Courtesy of Hulu Sensationalism is the bread and butter of today’s media and entertainment industry. The competition for higher sales in the field of communications can be traced back to the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal during the mid-1890s. This gave wave to what was…

The Contestant | Official Trailer | Hulu : Starring Nasubi

This true story of a Japanese reality TV star left naked in a room for more than a year, tasked with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food and clothing, prompts innumerable questions about our culture of oversharing. Before the onslaught of reality television in the West, there was an ominous harbinger in Japan of…

Jake Johnson’s Directorial Debut Film ‘Self Reliance’ Inspired by Japanese Reality Show

Jake Johnson was inspired to make his feature film directorial debut on the new comedic thriller, Self Reliance, by the Japanese reality show Susunu! Denpa Shönen. The Minx star shared the news during a recent interview with Collider. In addition to helming the movie, the filmmaker also wrote the script and plays the project’s protagonist….