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.
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Cast
Mizue Otsuka
as Tanuki (voice)
Mizue Ōtsuka (大塚 みずえ, Ōtsuka Mizue, March 21, 1968) is a Japanese voice actress and improviser (improvisational actress) from Fukuoka prefecture. Her old stage names are Mizuki Ōtsuka (大塚 海月, Ōtsuka M...
Takeshi Kusao
as Gauche (voice)
Atsushi Kisaichi
as Cuckoo (voice)
Atsushi Kisaichi (私市 淳, Kisaichi Atsushi, born February 23, 1972) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Minato, Tokyo. He is currently affiliated with Aoni Production..
Taiki Matsuno
as Three-haired Cat (voice)
Taiki Matsuno (松野 太紀, Matsuno Taiki , October 16, 1967) was a Japanese voice actor, actor, and talent. He was born in the Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. He was affiliated with Aoni Production.
Masaharu Sato
as Music Director (voice)
Masaharu Sato is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production..
Director
Hiromitsu Morita