Izumi Hara’s Typical Vibe
2 films — brisk, hopeful, gentle, clear, playful

Highest-ranked title
Izumi Hara has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Tampopo.

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
1970
Fantasy · Adventure

Jauja
2014
Western · Drama

Mirror
1975
Drama · History

The Hourglass Sanatorium
1973
Drama · Fantasy

At Land
1944
Fantasy

Knight of Cups
2015
Drama · Romance

Solaris
1972
Drama · Science Fiction

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
Science Fiction · Drama

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
Dir. Jūzō Itami · With Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
Dir. Shūji Terayama · With Kantarō Suga, Hiroyuki Takano, Chigusa Takayama