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.
| Directing | Isao Takahata | Director |
| Visual Effects | Toshitsugu Saida | Animation Director |
| Sound | Michio Mamiya | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Isao Takahata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kenji Miyazawa | Short Story |
| Production | Koichi Murata | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Toshitsugu Saida | Character Designer |
| Art | Takamura Mukuo | Art Direction |
| Sound | Yasuo Uragami | Sound Director |
| Camera | Toshiaki Okaseri | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Kenji Miyazawa | Author |
| Sound | Katsuyoshi Kobayashi | Recording Supervision |
| Visual Effects | Toshitsugu Saida | Key Animation |
| Directing | Toshitsugu Saida | Layout |
| Visual Effects | Tadashi Fukuda | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noboru Takano | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kitarou Kousaka | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ken'ichirō Okamoto | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shojuro Yamauchi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuhide Tomonaga | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Jouji Yanase | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshitsugu Saida | Animation |
