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Summary
Gauche is a diligent but mediocre cellist who plays for a small town orchestra and the local cinema in the early 20th century.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 72
Letterboxd · 5 K ratings3.7/5
IMDb7.0
Running time
1 h 3 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 animated movies, −26 min on the typical 89
typical 8963Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Released
1982
January 23, 1982
44 years ago
Genres
AnimationMusicFantasyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 3 moreDirecting · 2
- Isao Takahata Director, Screenplay
- Toshitsugu Saida Layout, Character Designer, Key Animation, Animation, Animation Director
Writing · 1
- Kenji Miyazawa Author, Short Story
Production · 1
- Koichi Murata Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Toshiaki Okaseri Director of Photography
Sound · 3
- Michio Mamiya Original Music Composer
- Yasuo Uragami Sound Director
- Katsuyoshi Kobayashi Recording Supervision
Art · 1
- Takamura Mukuo Art Direction
Visual Effects · 7
- Jouji Yanase Animation
- Kazuhide Tomonaga Animation
- Kitaro Kosaka Animation
- Shojuro Yamauchi Animation
- Tadashi Fukuda Animation
- Noboru Takano Animation
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