Editing Aum Shinrikyo (section)

== Documentary movies ==
[[A (1998 Japanese film)|''A'' (1998)]] is a Japanese [[documentary film]] about the cult following the arrest of its leaders. The film focuses on a young spokesman for the cult [[Hiroshi Araki (Aum Shinrikyo)|Hiroshi Araki]], a troubled 28-year-old who had severed all family ties and rejected all forms of materialism. The director, Tatsuya Mori, released the sequel ''A2'' in 2001, which returned to Araki and examined the competing factions of the sect (renamed Aleph), during the trial of their leader [[Shoko Asahara]] and his associates.

''[[AUM: The Cult at the End of the World]]'' is a 2023 [[documentary film]] directed by Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto , based on the book ''The Cult at the End of the World'' by [[David E. Kaplan (author)|David E. Kaplan]] and [[Andrew Marshall (Asia journalist)|Andrew Marshall]].{{portal|Japan|Religion}}