Aum: The Cult at the End of the World

2023 · M · History

In 1984, eccentric guru Shoko Asahara founded a yoga school in Japan’s capital. Ten years later, the school has morphed into the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which manufactured nerve gas and had its own secret weapons factories.

Directed by: Ben Braun & Chiaki Yanagimoto

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