Plot: A look at Japan’s infamous Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, run by Shoko Asahara, who claimed to be Buddha’s reincarnation.
Review: On March 20th, 1995, members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult released deadly sarin gas into the Tokyo Metro system. Thirteen people were killed, and another fifty were injured. It’s still one of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in Japanese history. The nerve gas used, sarin, was first developed by the Nazis during WWII. How did it end up in the hands of a doomsday cult? Director Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto examine this in their terrifying documentary descent into madness, Aum: The Cult at the End of the World.
Like many in the west, I was only vaguely aware of the Tokyo subway attack, but I didn’t know the story behind it. Suffice it to say it’s quite the tale, with Braun and Yanagimoto examining...
Review: On March 20th, 1995, members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult released deadly sarin gas into the Tokyo Metro system. Thirteen people were killed, and another fifty were injured. It’s still one of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in Japanese history. The nerve gas used, sarin, was first developed by the Nazis during WWII. How did it end up in the hands of a doomsday cult? Director Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto examine this in their terrifying documentary descent into madness, Aum: The Cult at the End of the World.
Like many in the west, I was only vaguely aware of the Tokyo subway attack, but I didn’t know the story behind it. Suffice it to say it’s quite the tale, with Braun and Yanagimoto examining...
- 1/30/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
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