# AUM: The Cult at the End of the World (2025)

> A chilling documentary account of Aum Shinrikyo's rise from apocalyptic spiritual movement to perpetrator of a deadly Tokyo subway attack.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1011682

## Facts

- Runtime: 106 min
- Genres: Documentary, Crime
- Director: Ben Braun, Chiaki Yanagimoto
- Cast: Shoko Asahara, Takeshi Kitano, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24076636/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: disturbing, foreboding, sober, true crime viewing, historical documentary night

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