Animation · Adventure
Porco Rosso
Can a pig really fly?
In 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.
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Top Cast
Shūichirō Moriyama
Kurenai no Buta (voice)
Tokiko Kato
Jina-sama (voice)
Bunshi Katsura VI
Pikkoro-oyaji (voice)
Tsunehiko Kamijô
Manmayuto no shachô (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Fio Pikkoro (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Donarudo Kâchisu (voice)
Hiroko Seki
Bâ-chan (voice)
Reizō Nomoto
Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)
Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki
Production
Studio Ghibli
TOHO
Tokuma Shoten
Mitsubishi
Nippon Television Network CorporationReviews
CinemaSerf
7/104/13/2023
On the face of it, this is just another sublimely drawn Ghibli effort about a cursed creature - this time a pig - that flies a seaplane around the islands of 1930s Italy chasing air-pirates. Once you get in to it, though, it develops into a really cleverly woven story that offers us layers of characterisation from even this simplest of it's characters. The "pig" is sagely, cunning and adept as a pilot, frequently coming to the rescue of those kidnapped... He has a rival - the handsome American "Donald Curtis" who is out to steal not just his crown, but his gal! What ensues is an adventure film with loads of action; an healthy and lively dose of what might loosely be described as romance; plenty of pithily written dialogue and some beautiful animation. The story can be straightforward, but
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