Me and the Cult Leader

Me and the Cult Leader (2021)

A Modern Report on The Banality of Evil

  • Genre: Documentary, Crime, History
  • Release Date: 2021-03-20
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 54min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Good People Inc.
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director:
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Summary

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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Sound Soto Ikemiya Music
Production Ayaka Tachibana Production Assistant
Production Masahiro Takemori Production Manager
Production Kohei Yanagisawa Production Coordinator
Production Pearl Chan Co-Producer
Production Katsutoshi Araki Production Coordinator
Production Etsuko Matsuo Producer
Production Atsushi Sakahara Producer
Sound Nakaba Ueda Sound Mixer
Crew Tsuneyuki Kobayashi Thanks
Production Yuta Tanaka Production Manager
Crew Tatsuya Yamada Cinematography
Editing Junko Watanabe Editor
Directing Atsushi Sakahara Director
Sound Ryoma Ochiai Sound Mixer