The Contestant

Wow.

Wow.

I'm unable to fully articulate my thoughts. I'm stunned. We see how a collective can excuse, and even laugh at, a person being pushed to the edge. We see what people who have been broken can be capable of. We see humans, standing together, and being stronger together. This fascinating dive into a thought experiment gone too far will, by the end, inspire you to act and live.

I suffer from Crohn's Disease and Fibromyalgia. It began back in September of 2001. In my isolation, I learned the deep need for physical connection. How hard it is for an individual to survive alone. From that experience, I can see Nasubi's eyes and find solidarity. But seeing him step into helping others, rather than sinking into a cavern of hating the outside world, he still stepped out.

Crazy documentary. Not in the "haha" funny kind of way. More in a "the producer and pretty much every decision maker involved should be tried in the Hague and imprisoned for a decade" kind of way... Anything less than them personally paying an above average wage to this man for the rest of his life is grave injustice.

This show is what happens when capitalism is not held accountable. It was pure, unbridled exploitation, kidnapping, and psychological trauma for profit. Anyone justifying otherwise is an absolute psychopath. The producer tries to make it seem as though he was conflicted, but he's very obviously a raging narcissist.

Nasubi has the heart of a lion. 99% of humanity would not be able to ensure what he went through. I wish him the best.

The creator of this show is a huge pile of S@&T, He thinks he was being clever and interesting and creating entertaining shows even though he was essentially being a bully torturing another man for profit. I still got the feeling that he thinks he's hot S@&T, and kind of wish that he would've gone to jail. The other creators that are filmed also are responsible for taking part. They have zero sympathy for their fellow man. They are essentially the bully on the schoolyard making money. I hope the contestant himself Has a very fulfilling life now. What a sad story, take advantage of a guy who is Trying to make it.

I noticed this documentary, half intrigued but horrified by the premise, I'm about 3/4 into the documentary and feel like punching the producer of Denpa Shonen Toshio Tsuchiya who is still pleased with what he did, and doesn't seem to know empathy.

With what I know from the afterlife, he will (like everyone) get to feel all the pain inflicted on other living beings, and feel exactly what they went through.

This all just makes me feel sad. Some of the things that happened in there will be amongst the worst nightmare people can imagine.

The documentary itself deserves an 8, I would probably not rate the original show that high.

A lot of the reviews here point out the sheer insanity of the nature of the game. Nasubi did endure a level of hell and suffering that many of us will never taste. Japan laughed at him for it. This documentary is grossly tragic. Watching it, my jaw literally dropped to the floor. It does a serious job of depicting the sheer evil in man, the evil in human relationships.

This alone would make the contestant a great documentary.

What really deals the deal is the last 30 minutes. The switch is flipped and we get a look at what it means to be a good man. We see pure love play out in a broken man's heart. We come to see how to deal with suffering in a healthy and productive way. No. We learn how to deal with suffering in THE ONLY way. Love. The end of this doco had me in tears.

People are not mentioning that. But it's what makes this documentary TRULY great. The ying and yang depiction of hate/love good/evil.