Amshan Rekyo Is a Cult

In 1988, Amshan Rekyo orders an own member to be hung upside down and repeatedly plunged into extremely cold water as one of these cleansing rituals that they need to do. The man who's already exhausted from a lack of food and a lack of sleep basically dies because he goes through this experience. So on top of all that, all members also provide free labor for the cult's many side hustles. By 1995, some estimates put the group's net worth at a billion dollars.