Ben BRAUN ベン・ブラウン

Chiaki YANAGIMOTO 柳本千晶

AUM: The Cult At The End Of The World

Nippon Docs   ¾ 

On March 20, 1995, a poison gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo underground resulted in 13 deaths and over 1000 injuries. Chiaki YANAGIMOTO and Ben BRAUN explore how a small yoga club evolved into an influential sect that sought to plunge Japan into chaos through the worst terrorist attack in the nation’s history to date.

USA 2023

106 minutes

About Ben BRAUN
ベン・ブラウン

Ben BRAUN grew up in New York and is a producer of several documentary films as well as Senior Vice President of the Los Angeles-based production company Submarine Deluxe. AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2023 / NC ‘24), which he co-directed with Chiaki YANAGIMOTO, is his directing debut and was featured in the competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

About Chiaki YANAGIMOTO
柳本千晶

Chiaki YANAGIMOTO was born in Japan and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is a producer of several award-winning feature and documentary films and also founded the streaming service SAKKA in the USA to make Japanese independent films available to a global audience. AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2023 / NC ‘24), which she co-directed with Ben BRAUN, is her directing debut and was featured in the competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.