---
title: 'Mystery Train (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jim Jarmusch'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mystery-train-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097940/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mystery Train (1989)

1989 · R · 113 min · Drama, Comedy, Crime · United States, Japan


## Synopsis

Mystery Train is a 1989 comedy-drama anthology film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and set in Memphis, Tennessee. A co-production between the United States and Japan, the film is a triptych of stories involving foreign protagonists, unfolding over the course of the same night. "Far from Yokohama" features a Japanese couple on a cultural pilgrimage, "A Ghost" focuses on an Italian widow stranded in the city overnight, and "Lost in Space" follows the misadventures of a newly single and unemployed Englishman and his reluctant companions. The narratives are linked by a run-down flophouse overseen by a night clerk and his disheveled bellboy, the use of Elvis Presley's song "Blue Moon", and a gunshot.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jim Jarmusch](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-jarmusch)
- **Screenplay:** [Jim Jarmusch](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-jarmusch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Lurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lurie)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robby Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/robby-muller)

## Cast

- [Jodie Markell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodie-markell)
- [Cinqué Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/cinque-lee)
- [Masatoshi Nagase](https://cinepixo.com/people/masatoshi-nagase)
- [Tom Noonan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-noonan)
- [Elizabeth Bracco](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-bracco)
- [D'Army Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-army-bailey)
- [Marvell Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvell-thomas)
- [Rockets Redglare](https://cinepixo.com/people/rockets-redglare)
- [Screamin' Jay Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/screamin-jay-hawkins)
- [Rick Aviles](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-aviles)
- [Vondie Curtis-Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/vondie-curtis-hall)
- [Sy Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sy-richardson)
- [Steve Buscemi](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-buscemi)
- [Youki Kudoh](https://cinepixo.com/people/youki-kudoh)
- [Sara Driver](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-driver)

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