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1998 · 136 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 313 VOTES · DIR. Tatsuya Mori
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,525 lines
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00:00:14 It doesn't work. The tape may be entangled.
00:05:31 but if Master Asahara gave it to him
00:10:21 No, they're different.
00:14:32 Well, either Araki or me buys them
00:20:04 and from my old high school and college friends.
00:26:29 But we also have the doctrines
00:31:05 That's difficult.
00:36:04 I was in the order before, but dropped out.
00:41:48 He really has. When the Master returns
00:47:49 They Dulled out a book. Sure enough, an Aum one, "What's this?"
00:53:25 We all help the order.
00:57:51 Really?
01:03:58 Obstructing the police.
01:08:31 Doesn't have to be a big place. Sweat a bit, 'n work hard.
01:14:09 the authorities get away with more and more these days...
01:19:59 Let's shake.
01:25:38 That's not the point.
01:30:48 Personal? It's not personal? I'm asking you as an employee of the company.
01:38:06 The police switch at the prefecture line.
01:43:42 Well, when I was in Kamikuishiki-mura.
01:48:06 Thank you for coming today.
01:53:23 Tiny photos made into stickers.
02:01:16 So it becomes the toughest thing to sever, whatever the worries are.
02:08:50 Going to Tamba?