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Aganai: Me and the Cult Leader - A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil (2021)

1h 54m

Running Time

Aganai: Me and the Cult Leader - A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil (2021)

Name: Aganai: Me and the Cult Leader - A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil
Genre: Documentary, History, Crime
Released: 2021-03-20

1h 54m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Shoko Asahara

Hiroshi Araki

Atsushi Sakahara

Director / Producer

Takako Sakahara

Hiroshi Araki

Self

Takeshi Sakahara

Ryoma Ochiai

Sound Mixer

Junko Watanabe

Editor

Kohei Yanagisawa

Production Coordinator

Katsutoshi Araki

Production Coordinator

Pearl Chan

Co-Producer

Tatsuya Yamada

Cinematographer

Soto Ikemiya

Music

Yuta Tanaka

Production Manager

Junko Watanabe

Editor

Nakaba Ueda

Sound Mixer

Tsuneyuki Kobayashi

Thanks

Masahiro Takemori

Production Manager

Etsuko Matsuo

Producer

Ayaka Tachibana

Production Assistant

Tatsuya Yamada

Cinematography

Media.

Aganai: Me and the Cult Leader - A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil

Details.

Release Date
March 20, 2021

Original Name
AGANAI 地下鉄サリン事件と私

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 54m

Genres
Documentary History Crime

Last updated: 2025-02-13

This Movie Is About.

aum shinrikyo

road movie

aleph

aum

Wiki.

Me and the Cult Leader (Aganai) is a 2020 Japanese documentary film. The film follows the director, Atsushi Sakahara, a victim of the 1995 Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Attack, and Araki Hiroshi, a current executive member of the doomsday cult Aleph (previously Aum Shinrikyo) behind the attack, as they travel to their hometowns in the Kyoto prefecture. It premiered at the Sheffield Doc Fest as part of its Ghosts and Apparitions strand.