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Porco Rosso is a 1992 Japanese animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The movie, which has a runtime of 92 to 93 minutes, was released in Japan on July 18, 1992, and again on December 16, 1994. It features genres including Action, Adventure, Comedy, and Drama, with themes of Historical and Military settings. The production involved companies such as TOHO, Tokuma Shoten, Nibariki, and Mitsubishi.
The film’s Japanese title is written in kana as "くれないのぶた". Its tagline asks, "Can a pig really fly?" Financial records indicate a budget of 9,200,000 and a revenue of 44,600,000, while another source lists a capital cost of 2,800,000,000. Audience reception includes a vote average of 7.8 from 3,717 votes, a score of 7.97 from 181,555 users, and various review scores ranging from 7.7/10 to 96%.
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Film · TMDB
7.8In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.
Cast
- Shūichirō Moriyama as Kurenai no Buta (voice)
- Tokiko Kato as Jina-sama (voice)
- Bunshi Katsura VI as Pikkoro-oyaji (voice)
- Tsunehiko Kamijô as Manmayuto no shachô (voice)
- Akemi Okamura as Fio Pikkoro (voice)
- Akio Otsuka as Donarudo Kâchisu (voice)
Themes
- beach
- mediterranean
- italy
- fascism
- transformation
- singer
- war hero
- air pirate
- anime
- playful
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Anime · MyAnimeList

Porco Rosso
- Score
- 7.97/10 (181,555 votes)
- Rank
- #785
- Popularity
- #978
- Type
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studios
- Studio Ghibli
After a curse turned him into a pig, World War I ace Marco Pagot becomes Porco Rosso, a mysterious bounty hunter who takes down sky pirates in the Adriatic Sea. He whiles away his days on a secluded island, rarely leaving other than to collect bounties or to visit the beautiful G…
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Based on
- Hikōtei Jidai
- Main subject
- war
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Screenwriter
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Voice actor
- Reizō Nomoto
- Composer
- Joe Hisaishi
- Producer
- Toshio Suzuki
- Production company
- Studio Pierrot
- Cinematographer
- Atsushi Okui
- Narrative location
- Milan
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 169128
- Performer
- Joe Hisaishi
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.ghibli.jp/works/porco
Show 11 more facts
- publication date
- 1994-12-16
- Commons category
- Porco Rosso
- film editor
- Hayao Miyazaki
- title
- Porco Rosso
- distributed by
- HBO Max
- name in kana
- くれないのぶた
- fabrication method
- traditional animation
- set in period
- interwar period
- review score
- 7.7/10
- capital cost
- 2800000000
- form of creative work
- feature film
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Encyclopedic overview
Porco Rosso (Japanese: 紅の豚, Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta; both lit. 'Red/Crimson Pig') is a 1992 Japanese animated adventure fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 1989 manga Hikōtei Jidai. Produced by Toshio Suzuki and animated by Studio Ghibli, the film was distributed in Japan by Toho, with music composed by Joe Hisaishi. The Japanese voice cast includes Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio Otsuka. Set in a stylized version of the interwar Mediterranean, the film reflects Miyazaki's long-standing fascination with aviation, European settings and early twentieth-century history.
The story follows Marco Pagot, an Italian former World War I fighter ace who now works as a freelance bounty hunter pursuing bands of air pirates operating over the Adriatic Sea. For reasons left ambiguous, Marco has been transformed into an anthropomorphic pig and lives under the name Porco Rosso (lit. 'Red Pig'). When a brash American pilot, Donald Curtis, is hired to defeat him, Porco is forced to rebuild his aircraft with the help of a young engineer, Fio Piccolo, while confronting memories of his past and the emotional isolation that followed the war.
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