Michigan Classics Online

Michigan Classics Online breathes second life into important books that have gone out of print. Books are chosen through peer review, and they will be published here as opposed to the Classics Series when they lack the potential for undergraduate classroom use. If you know of any deserving titles that should be back in print but are currently unavailable, we would be happy to take your recommendations.

Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema

By David Bordwell, with a new introduction by the author. Originally published in 1988.

Concerned Theatre Japan

Edited by David G. Goodman, with a new introduction by the editor. Originally published from 1969 to 1973.

The Social Democratic Movement in Prewar Japan

By George O. Totten III. Originally published in 1966.

To the Distant Observer

By Noël Burch, with a new introduction by Harry Harootunian. Originally published in 1979.

Japanese Cinema: Film Style and National Character

By Donald Richie, with a new introduction by the author. Originally published in 1971.