TRENDING TOPIC: Tomoaki Hamatsu aka Nasubi/Eggplant, "The Contestant"
That's So Fcked Up
Ashley Love Richards
4.5 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of "Jarring Japan", a TSFU Presents season where we explored the more interesting aspects of Japanese culture, Ash and guest co-host Alex of Weird Distractions Podcast talked about insane reality, game and prank shows.
Skip to 22:03 to hear the story of Tomoaki Hamatsu aka Nasubi ("Eggplant"), a Japanese reality TV star who was left naked in a room for over a year, endlessly filling out magazine sweepstakes to win his basic needs, including food, water and clothing. While being unwittingly filmed 24/7. A new documentary about Hamatsu, The Contestant, is available on Hulu now.
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| 0:00.0 | Quote, one girl is made to spin the wheel and the other one of the girls is responsible for operating the torture device. |
| 0:08.2 | The third girl left actually indoors the torture by sitting in the device and the machine spreads her legs apart according to the number on the spinning wheel. |
| 0:16.7 | Oh. |
| 0:18.7 | That's so fucked up presents. |
| 0:21.2 | That's so fucked up presents. |
| 0:37.4 | Hey everyone and welcome back to That's So Fooked Up Presents. |
| 0:41.5 | That's So Fucked Up is a spin-off series of That's So Fucked Up, a podcast about cults, murder, |
| 0:47.1 | and other generally fucked up stuff. |
| 0:48.8 | In That's So Fucked Up Presents, each season is like a mini series where we dive into a particular topic |
| 0:53.9 | over the course of a month. |
| 0:55.2 | This season, we're talking about some of the more shocking aspects of Japanese culture. |
| 1:00.9 | I'm your host, Ashley Richards, and this is Jarring Japan. |
| 1:04.9 | And today I am joined by a friend and host of weird distractions. |
| 1:11.9 | Alex. |
| 1:12.9 | Hello. |
| 1:14.3 | Hello. |
| 1:14.9 | Hello. |
| 1:16.0 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:17.6 | Thank you for coming. |
| 1:19.0 | That's what she said. |
| 1:21.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:22.3 | So this is the first episode of this season, obviously. |
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