Tatsuya Mori

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Mori graduated from Rikkyo University,[1] where he appeared in the student films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Aum Shinrikyo is a controversial Japanese religious group most known for its involvement in a series of incidents including the Tokyo subway gas attack.

[citation needed] When A2, Mori's second controversial film about the cult was completed, the filmmaker declared his unwillingness to return to the Aum theme in the future.

[citation needed] By his own admission, the efforts invested in production of the two documentaries did not bring him anything more than financial damage and troubles, due to limited scale of theatrical screening and refusal of TV broadcasting corporations to license the films (Mori refused to allow isolated scenes to be used in video sets to Aum-related news broadcasts).

While his documentaries on Aum Shinrikyo were very controversial when they were being filmed and shown, Mori is today considered amongst Japan's most talented independent non-fiction filmmakers.