Portrait of Hajime Gonno

Directing

Hajime Gonno

Career

Active from 1999 to 2025, busiest in 1999 and 2000 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Smoking
Smoking
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hajime Gonno Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.2, average 2.5
  • Family Dynamics
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Nostalgia
    2.2, average 3.8
  • Romance
    2.2, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Unsettling Atmosphere 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • High Stakes 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Kikatan
Kikatan (2025)

Director

Family Bond
Family Bond (2020)

Director

2010s

5 titles · average score 66
巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的 (2017)

Director, Original Story

The Brain Man
The Brain Man (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

Assistant Director

ガチバン SUPERMAX
ガチバン SUPERMAX (2012)

Director

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012)

Assistant Director

Solanin
Solanin (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

Assistant Director

2000s

10 titles · average score 73
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

Assistant Director

The Yakuza Principal
The Yakuza Principal (2007)

Director

The Yakuza Principal 2
The Yakuza Principal 2 (2007)

Director

Free and Easy 16
Free and Easy 16 (2005)

Assistant Director

Body Bait Investigation: Underground Sex Industry vs. Loan Sharks
Body Bait Investigation: Underground Sex Industry vs. Loan Sharks (2003)

Director, Screenplay

訪問販売 ノルマの代償
訪問販売 ノルマの代償 (2001)

Director

New Female Teacher The Warmth of the Infirmary
New Female Teacher The Warmth of the Infirmary (2000)

Director, Screenplay

The Spirit of the Dead
The Spirit of the Dead (2000)

Director, Screenplay

Sexual Bodys Door Sales: The Price of Meeting Quotas
Sexual Bodys Door Sales: The Price of Meeting Quotas (2000)

Director

New Female Teacher: After-School Courtship Lessons
New Female Teacher: After-School Courtship Lessons (2000)

Director

1990s

4 titles
New Female Teacher: Immoral Melody
New Female Teacher: Immoral Melody (1999)

Director

Maneater
Maneater (1999)

Director, Screenplay

Confinement Bank Hell's Feast
Confinement Bank Hell's Feast (1999)

Director, Writer

Rape Panic Bank
Rape Panic Bank (1999)

Director, Writer