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A is a 1998 Japanese documentary film about the Aum Shinrikyo cult following the arrest of its leaders for instigating the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. The film focuses on a young spokesman for the cult Hiroshi Araki, a troubled 28-year-old who had severed all family ties and rejected all forms of materialism before joining the sect.

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A
DVD cover
Directed by	Tatsuya Mori
Produced by	Takaharu Yasuoka
Starring	Hiroshi Araki
Cinematography	Tatsuya Mori Takaharu Yasuoka
Edited by	Tatsuya Mori Takaharu Yasuoka
Music by	Poe Pak
Production company	'A' Production Committee
Distributed by	Tidepoint Pictures (2006) Facets Multimedia Distribution (2008) Gold View Company Ltd.
Release date	1998 (1998)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Director Tatsuya Mori was allowed exclusive access to Aum's offices for over a year as news media were continually kept out. However, despite the documentary's unique perspective on Aum's internal workings, it was not financially successful.

Mori released the sequel A2 in 2001, which followed the dissolution of the cult in the absence of their leader, Shoko Asahara.

Cast

• Hiroshi Araki - Himself

References

External links

• A at IMDb
• "A" review at Midnight Eye

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