The Contestant
Trailer: The Contestant
Year: 2023
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Misfits Entertainment, MRC
Director: Clair Titley
Cast: Nasubi, Toshio Tsuchiya, Kazuko Hamatsu, Seiichi Hirai, Harutaro Kagawa, Juliet Hindell
Crew: Andee Ryder (Producer), Rachel Meyrick (Editor), Sefi Carmel (Sound), Katie Bryer (Editor), Ian Bonhôte (Producer), Stephen Evans (Sound)
Runtime: 91 minutes
Release: Sep 08, 2023
IMDb: 6.86/10 by 50 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English, 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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