Gauche the Cellist (1998)
Overview
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)
Atsushi Kisaichi
Cuckoo (voice)
Taiki Matsuno
Three-haired Cat (voice)
Masaharu Sato
Music Director (voice)Recommendations
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