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.
Release Date: 1998-03-13
Mizue Ōtsuka
Tanuki (voice)
Takeshi Kusao
Gauche (voice)
Atsushi Kisaichi
Cuckoo (voice)
Taiki Matsuno
Three-haired Cat (voice)
Masaharu Sato
Music Director (voice)