Shoko Asahara

Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃, Asahara Shōkō, March 2, 1955 – July 6, 2018) was a Japanese religious activist, political activist, terrorist, and former death row inmate. His real name was Matsumoto Chizuo (松本 智津夫, Matsumoto Chizuo). He was born in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture. He was the spiritual leader of Aum Shinrikyo (meaning "Supreme Truth"), a Japanese apocalyptic sect that syncretizes Buddhist and Christian elements which was accused of carrying out the sarin gas terrorist attacks on the Tokyo subway in 1995. He was sentenced to death as responsible for the attacks. After his execution was postponed in 2012 following the arrest of other suspects, he was executed by hanging on July 6, 2018.

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  Zero Hour

  Self (archival footage)

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  Me and the Cult Leader: A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil

  2021

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  AUM: The Cult at the End of the World

  Self (archive footage)

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  Genesis

  Self

• Killer Cults - Blinded By The Light

  1998

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  Shoko Asahara with Takeshi

  Self

• 2025AUM: The Cult at the End of the WorldSelf (archive footage)
• 2021Me and the Cult Leader: A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil
• 2004Zero HourSelf (archival footage)
• 1998Killer Cults - Blinded By The Light
• 1991Shoko Asahara with TakeshiSelf
• 1991GenesisSelf