Japan – Robin Johnson

"Times Square," Kinejun / Kinema Junpo / Motion Picture Times No. 814, June 1981. p. 23

Kinejun No. 814, June 15, 1981

19 December, 2021 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Kinema Junpo (Kinejun, Motion Picture Times) devoted three pages to a promotional Times Square article in its June 15, 1981 issue, for the film’s Japanese opening on June 21. The text would appear to be the usual brief synopsis, with a list of some of the cast

A second small 2-sided promotional poster for TIMES SQUARE from Japan, 1981.

Times Square chirashi, Japan, 1981 (2nd version)

10 November, 2021 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Was it the Japanese distributor being one of those who went all-in on promoting Times Square, or was it par for the course in Japan for a movie like Times Square to get not one but two of these 2-sided handbills? Either way, here is a second chirashi. The first

Times Square Program Book, Japan, June 1981, pages 12-13 (post 5 of 5)

7 April, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The center two pages of the Japanese souvenir book feature, alongside a somewhat out of place Yankees logo, three beautifully reproduced photos. The first, of Pammy and Nicky atop the Times Square Theater marquee, isn’t a frame from the film, and I haven’t yet found it as a publicity still,

Times Square Program Book, Japan, June 1981, pages 20-24 (post 4 of 5)

26 March, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“Let’s get together at … Hippy Power” (?) Here at the end of the Japanese program book, we get the movie’s credits, an ad for the soundtrack album, and… the Times Square Top Ten? I can only imagine what’s being said, in relation to the film, about

Times Square Program Book, Japan, June 1981, pages 14-19 (post 3 of 5)

14 March, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

As before, I have no clue as to the text, but the image on page 14 of the Japanese souvenir program for Times Square is another frame from the movie. The photo of Pammy and Nicky on page 15 is the promotional shot which was used for the cover of

Times Square Program Book, Japan, June 1981, pages 8-11 (post 2 of 5)

2 March, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Here are the next four pages from the Japanese souvenir program for Time Square. These pages apparently have everything you need to know about the producer, director, and stars. Again, if anyone wants to contribute a translation, or donate to a fund for hiring a professional translator, you will have

Times Square Program Book, Japan, June 1981 (post 1 of 5)

18 February, 2018 Sean 2 Comments 1 category

This was almost certainly aimed at theatergoers and not the press, but I can’t be 100% certain, since as I’ve noted before, Google Translate makes a total hash of Japanese, and I don’t have the funds to have it professionally translated. (If anyone wants to help on that score, by

Times Square promotional flyer, Japan, 1981

6 February, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The front side of this approximately 7.5 by 10.5 inch sheet reproduces the Japanese movie poster, the only difference being the absence of the credit for EMI at the lower right. The back is breathlessly loaded with more information about the film, the girls, and the soundtrack than

Times Square movie poster, Japan, June 1981

26 January, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Times Square opened in Japan on June 20, 1981. I don’t know if Robin and her mom made it there on their promotional tour. I do know that the Japanese publicity for the movie relied heavily on it being a hip young American movie, and illustrated that fact in a

Times Square – DJ Copy

14 October, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

… was the title of the soundtrack sampler released in Japan. The picture sleeve is very thin paper, practically newsprint. The image is one used in the film strip on the UK soundtrack sampler. Unfortunately, I cannot read Japanese, and Google Translate does a very bad job of translating Japanese;

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