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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