Gauche the Cellist
Gauche the Cellist

Gauche the Cellist

March 13, 1998
20m

Overview

This is essentially a highly condensed remake of the famous 1982 Isao Takahara release. It tells the story of Gauche, a struggling cellist in a provincial orchestra. He is visited by four talking animals - a cat, a cuckoo, a tanuki, and a field mouse - on successive nights They help him to improve his playing, just in time for orchestra’s concert performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.

Director

Hiromitsu Morita

Cast

Mizue Ōtsuka

Mizue Ōtsuka

Tanuki (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao

Gauche (voice)

Saori Kaneda

Little Mouse (voice)

Ayumi Furuyama

Mother Mouse (voice)

Atsushi Kisaichi

Atsushi Kisaichi

Cuckoo (voice)

Taiki Matsuno

Taiki Matsuno