AUM The Cult at the End of the World Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: In 1995 the world was horrified when the release of a deadly nerve gas in Tokyo’s crowded subway system killed thirteen people and injured thousands more. But what came next was even more unbelievable: The attack was the work of a doomsday cult. In AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD, directors Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto shine a bright light on a dark story that is little know today, even in Japan, tracing the shocking evolution of a spiritual group into a terrorist organization stockpiling weapons of mass destruction from the collapsed Soviet Union. With a wealth of historical footage as well as in-depth interviews with the courageous few who were willing to take on the cult when Japan’s police and mass media were looking the other way, AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD is a potent reminder of just how dangerous unchecked fanaticism can be.
Directed by: Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto
Releasing in Theaters March 19th and Everywhere You Rent Movies March 28th
Directed by: Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto
Releasing in Theaters March 19th and Everywhere You Rent Movies March 28th
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00:00The attack on Tokyo was a terrorist attack.
00:10There were about a dozen people killed and thousands injured.
00:16I first met Shoko Asahara in 1987 and became a monk, now Aum Shinrikyo.
00:24Asahara described himself as the reincarnation of Buddha, and he was really good at recruiting.
00:30He knew how to talk to the young people.
00:34They charged huge amounts of money.
00:37It's just a very successful business model to start in your own religion.
00:41In 1990, there was a general election in Japan.
00:46In 1990, there was a general election in Japan.
00:54It was a disaster.
00:56Imagine you're a cult leader, you're the second coming of God.
00:59It's a little hard to lose a local election.
01:02It's possible that there was a big trick to this.
01:06That's why the government, the police, and the media will continue to be enemies.
01:12Aum sees the apocalypse coming, and they want to arm themselves.
01:17What do you arm yourselves with?
01:19Weapons of mass destruction.
01:22He prophesied that Armageddon would come.
01:26So he's going to actually make Armageddon happen.
01:31The attack on the subway was a strike at the heart of the Japanese bureaucracy.
01:35Japan's police chief, who has been leading the investigation, has been shot.
01:40All of these events, when you wound them into one, just created this incredible sense of apprehension and fear.
01:48We just didn't see it coming.
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