A

「A」

Publication/Creation:: [San Francisco?] : Asian Edge ; Chicago : Facets Video, [2006]
Resource Type:: Video or Visual Material
Edition:: Full screen.

Full Title:: A directed by Mori Tatsuya ; produced by Yasuoka Takaharu for the "A" Committee
「A」プロデューサー , 安岡卓治 ; 監督, 森達也

Additional Author/Creators:: Mori, Tatsuya, 1956-
Yasuoka, Takaharu
Pak, Poe
Araki, Hiroshi
"A" Committee
Tidepoint Pictures
Asian Edge (Firm)
Facets Video (Firm)

Genre:: Documentary films
Feature films
Nonfiction films
Subjects:: Oumu Shinrikyō (Religious organization)
Cults--Japan
Terrorism--Japan
Psychology and religion--Japan

Table of Contents:: Special feature: Original Japanese-language trailers for A & A2.
Summary:: Examines the internal activities of Japan's religious cult Aum Shinrikyo, responsible for releasing sarin gas into Tokyo's subway system in 1995. Members of Aum Shinrikyo speak about the cult and their allegience to it. Covers the media frenzy that followed the attack, the actions of undercover police, and the anger of local residents who wanted to evict the cult from their community.
Language:: Japanese
Language Note:: In Japanese with English subtitles.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 videodisc (2 hr., 15 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (7 pages ; 18 cm)
Technical Note:: DVD; NTSC, Region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
General Note:: Documentary.
"Facet's Video, Treepoint Pictures, Asian Edge"--Pre-menu sequence.
Originally produced in 1998.
"DV86925"--Container.
Participant/Performer Note:: Featuring Aum Shinrikyo's spokesman Araki Hiroshi.
A documentary examination of the Japanese religious cult Aum Shinrikyo whose members released sarin gas in Tokyo's subway in 1995; featuring its spokesman Araki Hiroshi.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Videographers/editors, Mori Tatsuya, Yasuoka Takaharu ; music, Poe Pak.