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Gauche
Main
Cat
Supporting
Child Tanuki
Supporting
Conductor
Supporting
Cuckoo
Supporting
Field Mouse Child
Supporting
Field Mouse Mom
Supporting
Isao Takahata
Director, Screenplay
Yasuo Urakami
Sound director
Nobuhiro Aihara
In-between animation
Kazuo Komatsubara
Planning
Kitarou Kousaka
In-between animation
Michio Mamiya
Music
Johei Matsuura
Kenji Miyazawa
Original creator
Takamura Mukuo
Background art, Art director
Kazuhide Tomonaga
Key animation

Gauche the Cellist
10.00Score
#2,638Rank
- Award Winning
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Music
- Kids
Synopsis
The story concerns Gauche, a professional cellist. During rehearsals for a performance, he is scolded by the conductor because his playing is not good enough. His timing is off and he seems to have no "feel" for the music.
Gauche returns to his lonely cottage and starts practicing. Then a cat enters who tricks him into understanding the inner meaning of the music. The importance of practice is shown by a cuckoo, rhythm by a badger and tenderness by a mouse. In four days he learns the true meaning and feeling of music and develops into a great musician.
Laced with popular classical music this special combines fun and inspiration for all ages and audiences.
(Source: AnimeNfo)
Gauche returns to his lonely cottage and starts practicing. Then a cat enters who tricks him into understanding the inner meaning of the music. The importance of practice is shown by a cuckoo, rhythm by a badger and tenderness by a mouse. In four days he learns the true meaning and feeling of music and develops into a great musician.
Laced with popular classical music this special combines fun and inspiration for all ages and audiences.
(Source: AnimeNfo)
Background
Winner of the 1981 Oofuji Noburou Award at the Mainichi Film Awards.
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