Kurenai no buta (1992)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:

Hayao Miyazaki (written by)

Release Date:

18 July 1992 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Pilot | Pig | 1930s | Hero | Italy

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Shûichirô Moriyama	...	Kurenai no Buta (voice)
Tokiko Kato	...	Jina-sama (voice)
Sanshi Katsura	...	Pikkoro-oyaji (voice)
Greg Ellis	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
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	...	Additional Voices
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Bell	...	Additional Voices
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional Voices
Earl Boen	...	Additional Voices
Cameron Bowen	...	Additional Voices
Rodger Bumpass	...	Additional Voices
Corey Burton	...	Additional Voices
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voices
Debi Derryberry	...	Additional Voices
Ashley Edner	...	Additional Voices
Susan Egan	...	Gina (Disney Dub 2003) (voice: English version)
Paul Eiding	...	Additional Voices
Cary Elwes	...	Curtis (voice: English version)
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Mamma Aiuto Gang
Bill Farmer	...	Additional Voices
Pat Fraley	...	Additional Voices
Brad Garrett	...	Mamma Aiuto Boss
Brian George	...	Additional Voices
Lynn Harris	...	Additional voices
Gérard Hernandez	...	Paolo Piccolo (voice: French version)
Michael Keaton	...	Porco Rosso (voice: English version)
Tom Kenny	...	Additional Voices
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voices
Tress MacNeille	...	Additional Voices
Kaitlyn Maggio	...	Additional Voices
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voices
Laraine Newman	...	Additional Voices
Rob Paulsen	...	Additional Voices
Bradley Pierce	...	Gas Boy
Phil Proctor	...	Additional Voices
Jean-Luc Reichmann	...	Curtis (voice: French version)
Jean Reno	...	Porco Rosso (French version) (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Mamma Aiuto Gang
Aimee Roldan	...	Additional Voices
Deanna Russo	...	Additional Voices
Osamu Saka	...	Additional Voices
David Ogden Stiers	...	Grandpa Piccolo
Mahito Tsujimura	...	Additional Voices
Jim Ward	...	Additional Voices
Frank Welker	...	Mamma Aiuto Gang
Kimberly Williams-Paisley	...	Fio (Disney Dub 2003) (voice: English version)
Minoru Yada

Also Known As:

Porco Rosso (Australia) (Europe: English title) (International: English title) (UK) (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG for violence and some mild language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | German | Portuguese | Japanese | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:PG | Germany:6 | South Korea:All | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:7 | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) | France:U | Hong Kong:I | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | USA:PG | Singapore:G

Company:

Studio Ghibli

Trivia:

Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [flying]Much of the movie's action involves planes and flying.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: 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".

Quotes:

Porco Rosso: A pig's gotta fly.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko (1994)

Soundtrack:

Sakuranbo no minoru koro (Le temps des cerises)

Absolutely stunning

An aviator cursed to live out his days as a pig flies the skies of Italy circa the 1920s, battling pirates, an American grandstander (is there any other kind?) and fascists. He also has to deal with the love of two women, one his childhood sweetheart who has outlived three husbands, the other an auburn-haired and very appealing teenager who becomes his engineer -- and who bears a striking resemblance to both Kiki and Nausicaa. The gag is that Porco (Mario to his friends) doesn't deal very well with the gals in his life. The luminescent artwork on display in this striking cartoon is akin to that of CASTLE IN THE SKY and the characters are some of the best Miyazaki has ever come up with. The final dogfight is a major treat for the eyes, and right out of a John Wayne leathernecks-type movie. If kiddie films like TOTORO and KIKI and THE CAT RETURNS are not your cup of tea, this ought to be. It is a cartoon, but it plays like an adult-oriented drama with comic overtones about love unrequited and a man doing what a man has got to do. In this case, fly. And avoid romantic entanglements as much as possible. See it.