July Photo Exhibition : June 26 - July 31
A Selection of Original Animated Drawings
‘Gauche the Cellist’
Featuring work from the late Isao Takahata's animated masterpiece
This month's exhibition gives us a rare insight into how Japanese anime movies are made. July's
exhibition features special enlarged prints of original drawings from the classic 1981 animated
masterpiece "Gauche the Cellist,” based on the work of the same title first published in 1934 by well-
known Japanese grass roots poet and author of children's stories, Kenji Miyazawa. (Supported by
EPSON & Oh! Production)
Born in 1896, Kenji was a writer much in the same vein as Walt Whitman or Beatrice Potter, but with a
heart like John Ruskin. In his short life of 37 years, he wrote numerous poems and anthropomorphic fairy
tales, but the setting of many of his works is the fictional idealistic homeland of Ihatov, modeled on the
countryside around his hometown-present-day Hanamaki City in Iwate Prefecture. Indeed, this area
could be called the Japanese people's spiritual homeland. Kenji himself learned to play the cello and
loved Beethoven's Symphony No.6.
The late Isao Takahata, the director who established the foundations of Japanese animation, spent five
years to complete the feature-length animation "Gauche the Cellist" in 1981, based on Kenji's work of the
same title. This is a story of a young man's struggle and growth, and a poetic fantasy work set to
Beethoven’s Pastrol Symphony.
Movie Screening (Free) & Live Cello Performance
To enhance the movie experience, we have a special surprise. Please come to see this masterpiece
animated theater version during your summer vacation, and bring your children along! Then after the
movie, we will have a live cello performance by up-and-coming cello player, Ms. Lynn Tsuburai, who will
play the anime’s original tunes composed by Yoshio Mamiya, as well as other music from the film.
Saturday, July 27, 2024
2:00 p.m. reception, 2:30 p.m. screening (approx. 60 minutes)
followed by cello performance.
Music Charge: Adults 2,000 yen (with 1 drink) Free for 2 children accompanied by adult.
Children (up to 18 years old) 500 yen
For reservations, please email: front@fccj.or.jp Or call 03 3211-3161
Cancellations after 6 p.m. Friday, July 19, will be charged in full.
Peter Lyon (Exhibition Chair)
2024年 7月の展示会
青春映画としての故・高畑勲制作の名作アニメ映画「セロ弾きのゴーシュ」Gauche the Cellist
（キャラクター設計と背景美術が織りなす宮沢賢治の世界）
6月29日-7月31日
展示協力：オープロダクション、エプソン
今月の展示は、アニメの古典名作「セロ弾きのゴーシュ」(1981)の本来は手書きの貴重な原画の拡大印刷物と
1934年に発表された宮沢賢治の同名童話をメインに展示会を行います。
賢治は自身でもチェロを演奏しベートーヴェンの交響曲第6番ヘ長調作品68「田園」のレコードを所有、最期まで愛聴していたとみられています。
日本のアニメの黎明期を築いた故・高畑勲監督が、5年の歳月をかけて1981年に完成させた長編アニメ「セロ弾きのゴーシュ」は、賢治の同名作品を原作とした若者の葛藤と成長のストーリーであり、田園交響曲にのせて描く詩情豊かなファンタジー作品で、世界で上映されています。
夏休みに入るこのタイミングにぜひお子様と御一緒に名作アニメ劇場版を御鑑賞ください。
またアニメの中でゴーシュが演奏する間宮芳生書き下ろし作品と誰にも馴染みの深い楽曲を、個性あふれる若いチェリスト粒来琳が演奏します。
深く美しいいチェロの響きをまじかにお楽しみください。
アニメーション映画「セロ弾きのゴーシュ」上映会（無料）& チェロ生演奏(有料)
7月27日（土） 午後2時受付
2時30分上映開始（約60分 /英語字幕付き)
チェロ演奏
音楽鑑賞料金:
大人 2,000 円 (１ドリンク付き) お子様2名まで同伴無料
子供 (18歳まで) 500 円
御予約はメールで front@fccj.or.jp またはお電話03 3211-3161より御予約下さい。
７月19日 (金) 18:00以降のキャンセルはフル・チャージとなります。
Peter Lyon (Exhibition Committee)