Japanese film noir from 1949 that was inspired by the American film The Naked City.

Classic Films

Roger Westcombe discusses the dark film, post-war malaise and Noir's spiderweb of fate.

Noir City 5, San Francisco's Film Noir Festival, Jan. 26-Feb 4, 2007, presented by the Film Noir Foundation and hosted by Eddie Muller.

Overview of the development of film noir and literary noir in postwar America.

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Review by Elliott Stein of "Dark Visions: Japanese Film Noir and Neonoir".

Eric Enders' list of top 25 Noir films.

Descriptions of various sub-genres with synopses of example films to illustrate distinctions.

The Hardboiled World of Classic Film Noir includes articles, recommendations and more than 600 films.