Tatsuya Mori(I)
- Director
- Actor
- Cinematographer
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".