Deceased
How Did Shoko Asahara Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 63Also known as麻原 彰晃, Shōkō Asahara, Shoukou Asahara, Matsumoto Chizuo, 松本 智津夫GenderMaleNationalityJapanBorn02/03/1955Born inYatsushiro, Kumamoto, JapanDied06/07/2018Died inTokyo Detention HouseCausehanging to deathWikidataQ311669 ↗TMDb#2117702 ↗
Shoko Asahara , born as Chizuo Matsumoto , was a Japanese cult leader and domestic terrorist who founded and led the doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo. He was convicted of masterminding the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway which killed 14 people and injured thousands more, and was also involved in several other assassinations and terrorist attacks. Asahara was sentenced to death in 2004, and his final appeal failed in 2011.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | AUM: The Cult at the End of the WorldMovie | Self (archive footage) | 70 |
| 2021 | Me and the Cult Leader: A Modern Report on the Banality of EvilMovie | — | 66 |
| 2004 | Zero HourSeries | Self (archival footage) | 49 |
| 1998 | Killer Cults - Blinded By The LightMovie | — | 43 |
| 1991 | Shoko Asahara with TakeshiMovie | Self | 36 |
| 1991 | GenesisMovie | Self | 36 |