Gauche the Cellist

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.

• Hiromitsu MoritaDirector
• Akira IshikawaOriginal Music Composer

• Mizue OtsukaTanuki (voice)
• Takeshi KusaoGauche (voice)
• Saori KanedaLittle Mouse (voice)
• Ayumi FuruyamaMother Mouse (voice)
• Atsushi KisaichiCuckoo (voice)
• Taiki MatsunoThree-haired Cat (voice)
• Masaharu SatoMusic Director (voice)