Tatsuya Mori

He graduated from Rikkyo University in 1980. In his student time, he belonged to the students' movie production circle "Rikkyo SPP" and he collaborated with Kiyoshi Kurosawa who is now one of the most talented young movie directors in Japan. After graduation, he tried to earn a living as an actor and appeared in some movies, but finally he abandoned his actor life. So in 1989, he started to work in a TV program production company. In the company, he made more than 40 TV programs. In October 1995, he started to make a documentary movie about the Japanese notorious religious cult: "AUM Shinrikyo". In 1996, he was fired by his TV production company because of their opposition to the production stance of the documentary. In January 1998, he completed his documentary movie: "A".