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Me and the Cult Leader (2021)

ALL 03/20/2021 (ja) Documentary, Crime, History 114 Min
  • Release
    03/20/2021
  • Production
    Good People Inc.
  • Rotten tomato
    63%
  • Original title
    AGANAI 地下鉄サリン事件と私
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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A Modern Report on The Banality of Evil

Overview

Atsushi Sakahara, a victim of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo's subway system, travels with Hiroshi Araki, an executive of Aleph (formerly Aum Shinrikyo), the attack's perpetrators, visiting their respective hometowns and the university they both attended. Conversations unfold, building intimacy: we learn why Araki joined the infamous organization led by Shoko Asahara and why, still, Araki remains an executive member of the cult, even though he was not directly involved in any of the crimes.The beginning of a friendship, a trip for redemption, or the confirmation that each human has to go their own way.

  1. Atsushi Sakahara

    Director

  2. Story



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Me and the Cult Leader (2021) 114 Min

ALL 03/20/2021 (ja)
Documentary, Crime, History
  • Release 03/20/2021
  • Production
    Good People Inc.
  • Original title AGANAI 地下鉄サリン事件と私
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

A Modern Report on The Banality of Evil

Overview

Atsushi Sakahara, a victim of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo's subway system, travels with Hiroshi Araki, an executive of Aleph (formerly Aum Shinrikyo), the attack's perpetrators, visiting their respective hometowns and the university they both attended. Conversations unfold, building intimacy: we learn why Araki joined the infamous organization led by Shoko Asahara and why, still, Araki remains an executive member of the cult, even though he was not directly involved in any of the crimes.The beginning of a friendship, a trip for redemption, or the confirmation that each human has to go their own way.

  1. Atsushi Sakahara

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Junko Watanabe

    Editor

  4. Etsuko Matsuo, Atsushi Sakahara

    Producer



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