No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does A end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

A

Name: A
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Hiroshi Araki

Directed by Tatsuya Mori

1998136 min5.9 / 10

An unflinching documentary immersion into a doomsday cult in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, exploring the psychology of belief and the gap between public perception and lived experience.

Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara. (Members confessed to a murderous sarin attack in the Tokyo subway in 1995.) We see what they eat, where they sleep, and how they respond to media scrutiny, on-going trials, the shrinking of their fortunes, and the criticism of society. Central focus is placed on Hiroshi Araki, a young man who finds himself elevated to chief spokesman for Aum after its leaders are arrested. Araki faces extreme hostility from the Japanese public, who find it hard to believe that most followers of the cult had no idea of the attacks and even harder to understand why these followers remain devoted to the religion, if not the violence.

Clusters

Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Paranoid Reality Breakdown Grief Turns Into Fear Samurai Movies Fame and Celebrity Culture

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Cult Aum Shinrikyo

Questions people ask

Is A easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does A end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is A scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is A sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is A violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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