# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Contestant at the Electric Palace
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 11:00 am – Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 12:30 pm
- **Event Description**: This British documentary tells the story of Tomoaki Hamatsu, better known as Nasubi ("Eggplant"), an unwitting Japanese reality TV star who accepts a challenge from a TV producer. He was to be locked in a room for more than a year, filling out magazine contest coupons in order to win what he needed to survive - food, clothing, appliances - until he reached the prize goal of one million yen. Although free to leave at any time, Nasubi is fiercely determined  to complete the challenge and is cut off from the outside world, apart from occasional interactions with the show's producer. Without his knowledge or consent, Nasubi was being filmed and broadcast to a TV audience in excess of 15 million making him the most famous TV personality in Japan. 

Titley's film captures the cruelty of reality TV and follows the star Tomoaki Hamatsu as he returns to the world to rebuild his life. All this, before The Truman Show, before Big Brother, before reality TV was a genre, as he starred in a 1998 Japanese reality TV show.

Thursday morning screenings will include subtitles wherever possible and a free hot drink with your ticket (all Thursday morning tickets are concession rate or under 21s rate).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hastings/the-contestant-at-the-electric-palace/200029177116916
- **Event Categories**: contests, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.electricpalacecinema.com/whats-on/the-contestant?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hastings-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hastings
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 50.85751
- **long**: 0.59185
- **full address**: 39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom, 39a High Street, Hastings, TN34 3, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: ElectricPalace Hastings (https://allevents.in/org/electricpalace-hastings/25963667)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom, 39a High Street, Hastings, TN34 3, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** ElectricPalace Hastings
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Contestant at the Electric Palace ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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