Gauche the Cellist

Directed by Hiromitsu Morita

Written by Kenji Miyazawa

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.

Cast

Mizue Otsuka

Tanuki (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Gauche (voice)

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Saori Kaneda

Little Mouse (voice)

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Ayumi Furuyama

Mother Mouse (voice)

Atsushi Kisaichi

Cuckoo (voice)

Taiki Matsuno

Three-haired Cat (voice)

Masaharu Sato

Music Director (voice)