Shoko Asahara
Birthday
1955/03/02
Day of death
2018/07/06 (63 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Also know as
麻原 彰晃, Shōkō Asahara, Shoukou Asahara, Matsumoto Chizuo, 松本 智津夫
Biography
Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃, Asahara Shōkō, March 2, 1955 – July 6, 2018) was a Japanese religious activist, political activist, terrorist, and former death row inmate. His real name was Matsumoto Chizuo (松本 智津夫, Matsumoto Chizuo). He was born in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture. He was the spiritual leader of Aum Shinrikyo (meaning "Supreme Truth"), a Japanese apocalyptic sect that syncretizes Buddhist and Christian elements which was accused of carrying out the sarin gas terrorist attacks on the...Read more
Acting
(1991) Shoko Asahara with Takeshi
as Self
(2021) Aganai: Me and the Cult Leader - A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil
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(1998) Killer Cults - Blinded By The Light
as ---
(2025) AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) Genesis
as Self
(2004) Zero Hour
as Self (archival footage)