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Badly injured during the 1995 Tokyo metro sarin gas terrorist attack by the doomsday cult Aum, director Atsushi Sakahara embarks on an intimate and exacting journey with the cult's executive Hiroshi Araki to record the parallel life paths of the victim and perpetrator.

Cast & Crew

Hiroshi Araki
Takeshi Sakahara
Takako Sakahara
Atsushi Sakahara
Atsushi Sakahara
Director
Atsushi Sakahara
Producer
Etsuko Matsuo
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Critic Reviews for Me and the Cult Leader

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  • As its subtitle makes plain, Me and the Cult Leader is a portrait of banal evil...

    June 26, 2020 | Full Review…

    Nick Schager

    The Daily Beast

  • Me and the Cult Leader may be a bit too long, but it is brutally sincere, interesting, dramatic, shocking, and sheds much light to a case, an organization and two radically opposite men, while providing food for much thought. An excellent documentary.

    July 26, 2020 | Full Review…

    Panos Kotzathanasis

    Asian Movie Pulse

  • Me and the Cult Leader proves to be a study not just in the possibilities of interpersonal understanding over mass tragedies, but also its limits.

    July 14, 2020 | Full Review…

    Serena Scateni

    Hyperallergic

  • Me and the Cult Leader is an excellent documentary in that special league of films in which characters pursue or reject the opportunity for catharsis.

    July 14, 2020 | Full Review…

    Musanna Ahmed

    Film Inquiry

  • A considered and thoughtful documentary which tackles a highly emotional and volatile subject through quiet and measured conversations.

    July 1, 2020 | Full Review…

    Rob Aldam

    Backseat Mafia

  • This is a moving and challenging film that showcases the importance of conversation in recovery from individual and national trauma.

    June 29, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Sophie Maxwell

    One Room With A View
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