Gauche is a diligent but mediocre cellist who plays for a small town orchestra and the local cinema in the early 20th century. He struggles during rehearsals and is often berated by his conductor during preparations for an upcoming performance of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony. Over the course of four nights, Gauche is visited at his mill house home by talking animals as he is practicing.
Directed by Isao Takahata
cello
orchestra
duringcreditsstinger
helping animals
anime
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
Cast
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Cat (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Bird (voice)
Kazue Takahashi
Tanuki (voice)
Keiko Yokozawa
Child Mouse (voice)
Ryuji Saikachi
Concertmaster (voice)
Masashi Amenomori
Conductor (voice)
Crew
Isao Takahata
Director
Isao Takahata
Screenplay
Kitaro Kosaka
Animation
Shojuro Yamauchi
Animation
Kenji Miyazawa
Short Story
Kenji Miyazawa
Author
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
myu
7.0★ · 03/18/26
this is therapy fr
this is therapy fr
Patrick Pepples
8.0★ · 08/17/25
so i didn’t have the english subs or dub for this
still a beautiful film
so i didn’t have the english subs or dub for this
still a beautiful film
Lani
9.7★ · 09/22/24
makes me mourn the times before i became too poor to borrow instruments from school
makes me mourn the times before i became too poor to borrow instruments from school
