Gauche the Cellist (1998)
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
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Mizue Otsuka as Tanuki (voice) |
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Takeshi Kusao as Gauche (voice) |
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Saori Kaneda as Little Mouse (voice) |
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Ayumi Furuyama as Mother Mouse (voice) |
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Atsushi Kisaichi as Cuckoo (voice) |
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Taiki Matsuno as Three-haired Cat (voice) |
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Masaharu Sato as Music Director (voice) |
| Directing | Hiromitsu Morita | Director |
| Writing | Kenji Miyazawa | Original Story |
| Visual Effects | Shūichi Seki | Character Designer |
| Sound | Akira Ishikawa | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Yasunori Honda | Sound Director |
| Editing | Osamu Tanaka | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Takahashi | Animation Director |
