The American and European crime

It should be stressed here that the aforesaid chronology of the crime film is developed in regard to the American and European cinematography. The South East Asia countries are remarkable for their original evolvement in regard to cinema art. In Japan, the first silent films appeared in 1898-9 (Komatsu 1997). They relied on the traditions of the kabuki and Noh theatre.

Political apathy

The political crime movie (Alan J. Pakula’s All the President's Men, 1976; Martin Ritt’s Norma Rae, 1979; James Bridges’s The China Syndrome, 1979) received proliferation at this stage.