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
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