AUM The Cult at the End of the World Trailer

AUM The Cult at the End of the World Trailer - official movie trailer HD

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00:00The attack on Tokyo was a terrorist attack.

00:10There were about a dozen people killed and thousands injured.

00:16I first met Shoko Asahara in 1987 and became a monk, now Aum Shinrikyo.

00:24Asahara described himself as the reincarnation of Buddha, and he was really good at recruiting.

00:30He knew how to talk to the young people.

00:34They charged huge amounts of money.

00:37It's just a very successful business model to start in your own religion.

00:41In 1990, there was a general election in Japan.

00:46In 1990, there was a general election in Japan.

00:54It was a disaster.

00:56Imagine you're a cult leader, you're the second coming of God.

00:59It's a little hard to lose a local election.

01:02It's possible that there was a big trick to this.

01:06That's why the government, the police, and the media will continue to be enemies.

01:12Aum sees the apocalypse coming, and they want to arm themselves.

01:17What do you arm yourselves with?

01:19Weapons of mass destruction.

01:22He prophesied that Armageddon would come.

01:26So he's going to actually make Armageddon happen.

01:31The attack on the subway was a strike at the heart of the Japanese bureaucracy.

01:35Japan's police chief, who has been leading the investigation, has been shot.

01:40All of these events, when you wound them into one, just created this incredible sense of apprehension and fear.

01:48We just didn't see it coming.

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