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.

Cast

Mizue Otsuka

as Tanuki (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

as Gauche (voice)

Saori Kaneda

as Little Mouse (voice)

Ayumi Furuyama

as Mother Mouse (voice)

Atsushi Kisaichi

as Cuckoo (voice)

Taiki Matsuno

as Three-haired Cat (voice)

Masaharu Sato

as Music Director (voice)

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