Porco Rosso

Original title: Kurenai no buta

1992
PG
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

106K

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Anime Body Swap Comedy Hand-Drawn Animation Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy

In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

106K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Mr. Piccolo
(voice)
(as Bunshi Katsura)

Tsunehiko Kamijô

Mamma Aiuto Boss
(voice)

Akemi Okamura

Fio Piccolo
(voice)

Akio Ôtsuka

Donald Curtis
(voice)

Hiroko Seki

Grandma
(voice)

Reizô Nomoto

Mamma Aiuto Gang
(voice)

Osamu Saka

Mamma Aiuto Gang
(voice)

Yû Shimaka

Mamma Aiuto Gang
(voice)

Mahito Tsujimura

Photographer
(voice)

Minoru Yada

Old man
(voice)

Michael Keaton

Porco Rosso
(English version)
(voice)

Cary Elwes

Donald Curtis
(English version)
(voice)

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Fio Piccolo
(English version)
(voice)

Susan Egan

Gina
(English version)
(voice)

David Ogden Stiers

Grandpa Piccolo
(English version)
(voice)

Brad Garrett

Mamma Aiuto Boss
(English version)
(voice)

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Trivia
It was originally planned as a 30- to 40-minute in-flight movie for Japan Airlines. Director Hayao Miyazaki eventually expanded it into a feature-length production.

Goofs
At 54 minutes in, Porco is in a pub with a Shell logo on the outside wall; that logo was used from 1971 to 1995.

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

Crazy credits
The opening text explaining the setting is given in Japanese, Italian, Korean, English, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, French and German. The English version reads as follows: "This motion picture is set over the Mediterranean Sea in an age when seaplanes ruled the waves. It tells a story of a valiant pig, who fought against flying pirates, for his pride, for his lover, and for his fortune. The name of the hero of our story is Crimson Pig."

Connections
Edited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)

Soundtracks
Tokini wa mukasi no hanashi wo
(theme song)
Written and Performed by Tokiko Katô
Arrangements by Yôko Kanno

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Miyazaki's most underrated feature

On the surface, Porco Rosso (1992) is a lushly animated adventure flick with a tinge of nostalgia for the pilots of the 1920s. Underneath the skin, its a film fraught with anxiety about war and fascism. In some ways, it is like Miyazaki's first feature, The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), a seemingly frothy popcorn film that contains well-hidden sadness at the core; however, here that sadness is much more visible.

This seems to be one of Miyazaki's lesser known films for whatever reason. Is it because the main character is a middle aged man disillusioned with life instead of a child or teenager? Is it the pre-WWII setting? Is it the lack of fantasy elements (outside of the protagonist having turned himself into a pig, that is)? I don't know, but it's a shame.