Hajime Gonno

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Hajime Gonno

Born December 27, 1972 · 日本,大阪府,吹田市 (age 53)

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Known For

Ikigami: The Ultimate LimitIkigami: The Ultimate Limit · 2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
6.62008
MovieDrama
In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing them that they have only 24 hours left to live. The film follows a young man tasked with delivering these messages, as well as the victims.
SolaninSolanin · 2010
Solanin
6.92010
MovieDramaMusic
Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have his band become professional.
New Female Teacher: After-School Courtship LessonsNew Female Teacher: After-School Courtship Lessons · 2000
New Female Teacher: After-School Courtship Lessons
2000
MovieDramaRomance
Aki Amamiya, a newly appointed English teacher is overwhelmed on her first day at the school by the strange atmosphere surrounding it. Blatant bullying is rampant within school and male students who are targeted are subjected to beatings and kicks. Aki witnesses the victim Satoru, the son of the real-estate agent who had helped her move...
New Female Teacher: Immoral MelodyNew Female Teacher: Immoral Melody · 1999
New Female Teacher: Immoral Melody
1999
MovieDrama
Haruka Kato is a newly appointed music teacher, having fulfilled her long-held dream of becoming one. However, she regrets her wish soon enough...
The Brain ManThe Brain Man · 2013
The Brain Man
6.22013
MovieCrimeScience Fiction
A seemingly random series of bombings in a provincial city. The latest target is a public bus route. Detective Chaya chased terrorists and arrested a mysterious man with keen intelligence and physical power. The psychologist in charge of evaluating him is Dr. Mariko. After the psychiatric examination, she puts toward a hypothesis – “Is it possible he was born without emotions?”
New Female Teacher The Warmth of the InfirmaryNew Female Teacher The Warmth of the Infirmary · 2000
New Female Teacher The Warmth of the Infirmary
3.32000
MovieDrama
An Eros drama depicting the forbidden love between a male student who gave up baseball because of a shoulder injury and a new public health teacher who couldn’t abandon his debt-ridden cohabiting partner. Upon meeting her new health teacher, Megumi, Tetsuya shares a secret with her.
Free and Easy 16Free and Easy 16 · 2005
Free and Easy 16
8.02005
Movie
Hama-chan meets a friendly US soldier on a trip to Nagasaki with Su-san. Su-san returns to Tokyo and is informed that Hama-chan has gone missing.
Rape Panic BankRape Panic Bank · 1999
Rape Panic Bank
1999
MovieCrime
Two brothers rob a bank killing everyone inside except a female bank employee whom they torture sexually.

Filmography

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Hayabusa: The Long Voyage HomeHayabusa: The Long Voyage Home · 2012
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
6.42012
MovieDrama
In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from Earth to safely return samples of this kind to home base. The story was one of such great national pride for Japan, and in the wake of the tsunami and resulting tragedies in Japan it’s strong nationalistic message became the subject of no less than three rival films. Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s high-profile effort, simply titled Hayabusa (2011) starred the incomparable Toshiyuki Nishida. Most recently, Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012) was released to Japanese audiences. Slipping in between those two was Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, concentrating on the people on the ground who helped return the probe safely.

Assistant Director

Confinement Bank Hell's FeastConfinement Bank Hell's Feast · 1999
Confinement Bank Hell's Feast
1999
Movie
Bank employee Noriko Harada ( Erika Shiina ), heartbroken after a breakup, goes on a shopping spree for designer goods and is on the verge of bankruptcy. In desperation, she sends an email to the popular website "The Fixer Has Arrived!". "Hitman, please, I beg you, attack the bank where I work!" The email is received by building security guards Masao Nakayama and Tayama. They also enlist the help of their pachinko buddy Taro, and an impromptu bank robbery team is formed. That day, a trio wearing masks bursts into the lobby. The alarm bell is pressed and the bank is completely surrounded by police. With no escape route left, the attackers, frustrated, start acting on their impulses. Taro rapes female bank employees one after another. Tayama hits the arrogant female bank employee Aimi ( Sanae Shiina ) with a gun and orders branch manager Chiba to rape her. The bank becomes a hellish scene of screams and terror, filled with sex and death.

Writer

Body Bait Investigation: Underground Sex Industry vs. Loan SharksBody Bait Investigation: Underground Sex Industry vs. Loan Sharks · 2003
Body Bait Investigation: Underground Sex Industry vs. Loan Sharks
2003
MovieDrama
Office worker Mayu Sakashita has been manipulated by the man she believed was her boyfriend into joining a pyramid scheme, leaving her burdened with debts to a loan shark. One day, Kinji, the head of the underground lending operation, gives her an unusual assignment: track down Chihiro, a woman who disappeared after borrowing a large sum of money and is said to be hiding while working at an unlicensed escort service. Kinji offers Mayu a deal - if she becomes one of his subordinates and goes undercover, risking her own body to infiltrate the operation, he will wipe out her debt. Desperate and seeing no other way out, Mayu eagerly accepts the offer...

Director

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoAIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo · 2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
7.52002
SeriesDramaCrime
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

Director

Salt of the EarthSalt of the Earth · 2014
Salt of the Earth
2014
SeriesDramaCrime
Kensaku Kamimura is an archeologist. He makes a discovery that overturns history. Kensaku's discovery proves humans existed in Japan at a time where it was previously thought they did not. The small village of Shiona, where Kensaku made his discovery, also feels an influx of new people coming to the area. Kensaku's discovery is to be written into textbooks with the help of editor Rina Sakuma. Rina becomes attracted to Kensaku as they spend time together. Meanwhile, the bone of a female student is discovered at an excavation site where Kensaku works. The female student went missing 13 years ago. Detective Taichi Yukinaga, who worked on the case back then, resumes his investigation. A scholar visits Rina and tells her that Kensaku's discovery has been manipulated.

Assistant Director

HeavenHeaven · 2017
Heaven
7.02017
SeriesMysteryDrama
An incident is talked about all over Japan. The case involves the Doizaki couple that killed their 15-year-old daughter and hid her body under their house for 16 years. One day, housewife Toshiko Hagitani visits Shigeko Maehata who works for a small editing company. Toshiko tells Shigeko that her 12-year-old son Hitoshi might have a special ability to see other people's memories. She pulls out a picture drawn by Hitoshi. The picture has a girl with a grey colored face lying in a house that has a bat shaped weather vane on its roof. The picture seems to depict the incident involving the Doizaki couple. Shigeko decides to do some research, but Hitoshi dies in a car accident. Meanwhile, the attorney for the Doizaki couple tells their second daughter Seiko that the couple has cut off all ties with her. Around that time, a female high student is confined.

Director