Gauche the Cellist

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 13, 1998

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Saori Kaneda,Atsushi Kisaichi,Taiki Matsuno,Takeshi Kusao,Masaharu Sato,Ayumi Furuyama,Mizue Otsuka

Director

Hiromitsu Morita

Writer

Kenji Miyazawa

Music

Akira Ishikawa

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt8352394