Towa – Robin Johnson

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

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 (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

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