AUM: The Cult at the End of the World

In 1984, Shoko Asahara started a seemingly innocuous yoga school based in Tokyo. By 1995, the group had evolved into a doomsday cult called Aum Shinrikyo, meaning “Supreme Truth,” whose weapon of choice was sarin, an extraordinarily toxic nerve gas first invented by the Nazis during World War II. An unrelenting, in-depth look at the group, AUM: The Cult at the End of the World weaves a chilling narrative from Asahara’s claims of being a reincarnation of Buddha to the 1995 attack on the Tokyo subway system that left 14 dead and injured an estimated 6,000 additional civilians.

Details

  • Country:
    United States
  • Language:
    English, Japanese
  • Runtime:
    106 minutes
  • Year:
    2023

Credits

  • Director:
    Ben Braun, Chiaki Yanagimoto
  • Producer:
    Ben Braun, Chiaki Yanagimoto, Dan Braun, Josh Braun, Rick Brookwell
  • Executive Producer:
    Ben Schwartz
  • Cinematographer:
    Yohei Tateishi, Tim Sutton
  • Editor:
    Keita Ideno
  • Composer:
    Dan Braun, Charlie Braun

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