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On 20 March, 1995, members of Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult founded in the late 1980s, released deadly sarin gas into the Tokyo subway system during rush hour. Thirteen people died, and close to 6000 others experienced persistent problems as a result of exposure to the toxic substance.Atsushi Sakahara was one of those affected, a survivor who has spent the last two-and-a-half decades publicising the physiological and psychological effects of being caught in the attack. In his new film, Me and the Cult Leader, which has its world premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest’s ongoing online edition, he confronts his experience head on, spending time with the cult’s longtime public relations manager and current leader, Hiroshi Araki.
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