Mystery Train (1989)

Masatoshi Nagase: Jun (segment "Far from Yokohama")

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• Mitzuko : Jun, why do you only take pictures of the rooms we stay in and never what we see outside while we travel?

  Jun : Those other things are in my memory. The hotel rooms and the airports are the things I'll forget.

• [Mitzukoand Jun hear a loud noise outside] 

  Mitzuko : Was that a gun?

  Jun : Probably. This is America.

• Mitzuko : Jun... why do you always have such a sad face? Are you unhappy?

  Jun : I'm very happy. That's just the way my face is.

• Jun : You know, Memphis does look like Yokohama. Just more space. If you took away sixty percent of the buildings in Yokohama, it would look like this.

  Mitzuko : This doesn't look anything like Yokohoma. This is America. And the city of Elvis. We didn't have Elvis in Japan. This is nothing like Japan.

• Jun : You sleep too much. You spend half your life in your dreams.

  Mitzuko : Yeah, But sleep is wonderful. And when you're dead, you don't get to sleep ever again. Which means no more dreams.

• Mitzuko : Hi! Good night!

  Night Clerk : Good night. How may I help you?

  Mitzuko : Umm... We would like most cheap room please do you have?

  Night Clerk : All our rooms for two people are the same rate.

  Mitzuko : Oh.

  Jun : (speaking in Japanese) What'd he say?

  Mitzuko : (speaking in Japanese) I'm not exactly sure. (In English) I'm sorry, that is too expensive.

• Jun : [after making love]  Mitzuko... do women always worry about their hairstyle?

  Mitzuko : [angrily]  What are you talking about? In all the times we've made love - and this is number 11 - I've never once thought about my hairstyle!

  Jun : Eleven?

  Mitzuko : And if that's what you're thinking, try shaving first next time.

  Jun : [touching his face]  But I just shaved two days ago.

• Jun : Elvis was even more influential than I thought.

• Mitzuko : Elvis Presley. King.

  Jun : Carl Perkins was better.

  Mitzuko : Elvis.

  Jun : Carl Perkins..

  Mitzuko : Elvis.

  Jun : Carl Perkins..

  Mitzuko : Elvis!

  Jun : Carl Perkins..

  Mitzuko : Elvis. King.

• [first lines] 

  Mitzuko : It's been such a long time. It seems like we've been on this train forever. Hey!

  Jun : Huh?

  Mitzuko : How much longer till Memphis?

  Jun : Two more days.

• Mitzuko : What are you thinking about?

  Jun : To be 18 feels cool. And so far from Yokohama. It feels cool to be in Memphis.