Gauche the Cellist：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Isao Takahata

Writing Credits

Kenji Miyazawa
(short story): Isao Takahata
(screenplay)

Cast

Hideki Sasaki
Gauche: Masashi Amenomori
Conductor: Keiko Yokozawa
Viola Girl / Child Mouse (voice): Kôichi Hashimoto
Orchestra Member 1: Saburo Yoko
Orchestra Member 2: Atsuko Mine
Orchestra Member 3: Junji Chiba
First Cellist: Ryûji Saikachi
Concertmaster: Kôji Yada
Master of Ceremonies: Fuyumi Shiraishi
Cat: Kaneta Kimotsuki
Cuckoo: Kazue Takahashi
Tanuki: Akiko Takamura
Mother Mouse

Produced by

KÃ´ichi Murata
executive producer

Music by

Michio Mamiya

Cinematography by

Toshiaki Okaseri

Editing by

Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Art Direction by

Takamura Mukuo

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jôhei Matsuura
assistant director: Masaharu Okuwaki
assistant director

Sound Department

Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
sound recordist: Minoru Kobayashi
sound recordist: Akihiko Matsuda
sound effects editor: Ishida Sound Pro: Tsuguo Nakatogawa
sound mixer: Fumiko Tamaki
sound recordist: Yasuo Urakami
sound director (as Yasuo Uragami) / sound recordist (as Yasuo Uragami): Akira Ãkuma
sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

Seiji Hashimoto
assistant camera: Mitsuko Kiyohashi
assistant camera: Satsuki Komatsu
assistant camera: Hideo Okazaki
assistant camera: Masahide Okino
assistant camera (as Masahide Ueda): Keiko Sugiyama
assistant camera: Yoshiyuki Tamagawa
assistant camera: Takahiro Tanaka
assistant camera: Yoshihisa Yamamoto
camera operator: Kuninobu Yanagisawa
assistant camera

Animation Department

Nobuhiro Aihara
animator: Yukie Aoyagi
tracing and coloring: Trace Studio M: Hiroe Arakawa
animator: Yumi Enozawa
animator (as Yuzumi Enozawa): Junko Fukuda
animator: Tadashi Fukuda
animator: Noriko GotÃ´
animator (as Noriko Goto): Kikue Hayashi
tracing and coloring: Studio Kuma: Shie Hirase
tracing and coloring: Studio Targe: Yuka Hotani
animator: Fumie ItÃ´
tracing and coloring: Studio Hibari: Norichika Iwakiri
tracing and coloring: Studio Killy: Kiyoshi Katakawa
tracing and coloring: Studio Targe: Takanori KatÃ´
tracing and coloring: Studio Kuma: Shizuko Kawamura
background artist: Yasutaka Kawashima
tracing and coloring: Studio Hibari: Ryoko Kishimoto
animator: Tomoko Kitaura
animator: Tadao Kubota
background artist: Hiromi KÃ´no
background artist: Kitarô Kôsaka
animator: Takamura Mukuo
lead background artist: Yukiko Nagahama
tracing and coloring: Trace Studio M: Yasushi Nakamura
background artist: Masuo Nakayama
background artist: Takashi Namiki
animator: Kozue Niino
tracing and coloring: Studio Hibari: Sumie Nishido
animator: YÃ»ko Nishikawa
tracing and coloring: Studio Kuma: Mariko Nomura
animator: Azuma Numajiri
animator: Kenichi Okamoto
animator: Mami Onogaki
tracing and coloring: Studio Hibari: Junko Saida
animator: Toshitsugu Saida
character designer (as Shunji Saida) / layout artist (as Shunji Saida) / lead animator (as Shunji Saida): Yoshiyuki Shikano
background artist: Mieko Shimamura
tracing and coloring: Studio Hibari: Noriko Shiotani
tracing and coloring: Studio Targe: ShÃ´ji Sumibe
tracing and coloring: Studio Kuma: Sumie Suzuki
animator: Yasuko Suzuki
tracing and coloring: Studio Targe: Noboru Takano
animator: Megumi Takeara
animator: YÃ´ko Tomizawa
animator (as Yoko Tomizawa): Kazuhide Tomonaga
animator: Kumiko Tsukada
animator: Emiko Tsukima
animator: Akira Yamakawa
background artist: ShÃ´jurÃ´ Yamauchi
animator: JÃ´ji Yanase
animator: Yukihiro Yokoyama
background artist: Junko Yonekawa
animator: Masao Yoshiyama
tracing and coloring: Studio Robin - Tokyo Painting Institute: Taeko Ãtsuka
animator

Editorial Department

Seiji Hashimoto
assistant editor: Mitsuko Kiyohashi
assistant editor: Satsuki Komatsu
assistant editor: Hideo Okazaki
assistant editor: Masahide Okino
assistant editor (as Masahide Ueda): Keiko Sugiyama
assistant editor: Yoshiyuki Tamagawa
assistant editor: Takahiro Tanaka
assistant editor: Kuninobu Yanagisawa
assistant editor

Music Department

Hiroyuki Iwaki
conductor: NHK Symphony Orchestra: Michio Mamiya
conductor: Tokyo Chamber Music Association: Mitsuo Yashima
musician: cello soloist

Additional Crew

TaijirÃ´ Amazawa
supervisor: Mitsuo Aoki
production coordinator: Seishi Horio
supervisor: Kazuo Komatsubara
planner: Seiroku Miyazawa
calligraphy / supervisor: Yuko Toda
production coordinator: Tsutomu Tsukada
production coordinator: KÃ´shin Yonegawa
planner (as Kouma Yonekawa): Kenji Yoshida
production assistant: Masaaki Ãtsuka
lead production coordinator