Porco Rosso (1992)
"Kurenai no buta" (original title)

The adventures of a 1920's bush pilot who just happens to look like a humanoid pig.

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:

Hayao Miyazaki

Stars:

Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Sanshi Katsura

3 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shûichirô Moriyama	...	Kurenai no Buta (voice)
Tokiko Katô	...	Jina-sama (voice)
Sanshi Katsura	...	Pikkoro-oyaji (voice)
Greg Ellis	...	(voice)
Tsunehiko Kamijô	...	Manmayuto no shachô (voice)
Akemi Okamura	...	Fio Pikkoro (voice)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Donarudo Kâchisu (voice)
Hiroko Seki	...	Bâ-chan (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Angel	...	(voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	(voice)
Michael Bell	...	(voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	(voice)
Earl Boen	...	(voice)
Cameron Bowen	...	(voice)
Rodger Bumpass	...	(voice)

Storyline

In Early 1930's era Italy air pirates, bounty hunters and high fliers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso. A former Ace, he now makes a living flying contract jobs, such as rescuing those kidnapped by air pirates. Donald Curtis, Porco's rival in the air and in catching the affections of women, provides a constant challenge to the hero, culminating in a hilarious, action packed finale.

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Plot Keywords:

air pirate | pilot | 1920s | italy | hero | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for violence and some mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [United States]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

18 July 1992 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Porco Rosso

Company Credits

Production Co:

Japan Airlines, Nibariki, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Hayao Miyazaki has stated that he prefers the French language cast (in particular Jean Reno as Porco Rosso) over the Japanese cast.

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Goofs

There are spelling mistakes in all three Italian texts that appear in the movie: first newspaper "mamma aito" instead of "mamma aiuto" and "L'bambie" instead of "Le bambine", second newspaper "vivo a morto" instead of "vivo o morto", third sign in Piccolo's office "non si fo credito" instead of "non si fa credito".

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Quotes

Porco Rosso: I'd rather be a pig than a fascist.

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Crazy Credits

Series of pen and ink drawings depicting adventures and early accidents in aviation are shown during the end titles. They are all populated by humanoid pigs, just like Porco.

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Connections

Referenced in Spirited Away (2001)

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Soundtracks

"Sakuranbo no minoru koro (Le temps des cerises)"
Music by Antoine Renard
Lyrics by Jean-Baptiste Clément
Performed by Tokiko Katô

User Reviews

Great story, wonderful characters, fantastic animation

First of all, I've never seen the title "Kurenai no buta" except on IMDb. The English title on my copy and all other references I've found on the web are "Porco Rosso". Outside Japan, that's the title to look for at the video store.

Let's see what we've got: an Italian Pig speaking Japanese, "Knock your socks off" aerial vistas, not one but two beautiful heroines, an Adriatic hotel that's actually a small island, better dialog than many "live" movies, sky pirates, even good music. How many films can claim all that?

Perhaps the most attractive character of the film, after you've gotten past the many obvious ones, is Myazaki's amazing imagination which pervades all aspects of the production.

To me, the storyline is reminiscent of Hollywood's Golden Age. The characters are wonderful, even to an adult audience and, of course, high quality animation is the frosting on the cake.

After seeing Porco Rosso, I bought the DVD, and I hardly ever do that!