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

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:

Air Pirate | Pilot | 1920s | Italy | Hero

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

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

Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki

Writing credits
Hayao Miyazaki		(written by)

Produced by
Rick Dempsey	....	producer
Ned Lott	....	associate producer
Yoshio Sasaki	....	executive producer
Toshio Suzuki	....	producer
Sokai Tokuma	....	executive producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma	....	executive producer
Matsuo Toshimitsu	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joe Hisaishi

Cinematography by
Mark Henley		(English version)
Atsushi Okui

Film Editing by
Hayao Miyazaki
Takeshi Seyama

Production Design by
Katsu Hisamura

Art Direction by
Yoshitsu Hisamura		(as Katsu Hisamura)

Production Management
David Candiff	....	post-production manager
Nozomu Takahashi	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shin'ichi Matsumi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ikuyo Kimura	....	color key
Satoshi Kuroda	....	art designer
Kyouko Naganawa	....	art designer
Kazuo Oga	....	art designer
Kiyomi Ota	....	art designer
Naomi Sakimoto	....	art designer
Yôji Takeshige	....	art designer
Naoya Tanaka	....	art designer
Teruyo Tateyama	....	color key
Akira Yamagawa	....	art designer
Michiyo Yasuda	....	color designer

Sound Department
Naoko Asari	....	sound
Petra Bach	....	supervising adr editor
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Pinkston	....	adr recordist
Makoto Sumiya	....	sound
Thomas Whiting	....	supervising adr editor

Special Effects by
Tomoji Hashizume	....	special effects
Setsuko Tamai	....	special effects
Kaoji Tanifuji	....	special effects

Animation Department
Masahiko Adachi	....	inbetween animator
Hiroaki Akagi	....	inbetween animator
Masashi Ando	....	animator
Rie Aratome	....	inbetween animator
Koichi Asano	....	inbetween animator
Ken Baba	....	inbetween animator
Masaaki Endo	....	animator
Rie Fujimura	....	in-between animation checker
Hiromi Furuya	....	inbetween animator
Makiko Futaki	....	animator
Atsushi Hasebe	....	inbetween animator
Akiko Hasegawa	....	animator
Seiko Higashi	....	inbetween animator
Kumi Horii	....	inbetween animator
Takeshi Imamura	....	inbetween animator
Hiroyuki Inoue	....	inbetween animator
Mitsuo Iso	....	animator
Yoshiko Itano	....	inbetween animator
Hideki Ito	....	inbetween animator
Emiko Iwayanagi	....	inbetween animator
Megumi Kagawa	....	supervising animator
Yoshinori Kanada	....	animator
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	animation director
Yoko Kida	....	inbetween animator
Shigeru Kimijima	....	inbetween animator
Yumiko Kitajima	....	inbetween animator
Tsuyoshi Konakawa	....	inbetween animator
Rie Kondou	....	inbetween animator
Katsuya Kondô	....	animator
Yoshifumi Kondô	....	animator
Ken'ichi Konishi	....	inbetween animator
Mahiro Maeda	....	animator
Takao Maki	....	inbetween animator
Kiyoko Makita	....	inbetween animator
Suzuko Mano	....	inbetween animator
Takasumi Matsukawa	....	inbetween animator
Masaru Matsuse	....	inbetween animator
Atsuko Matsushita	....	inbetween animator
Hiroko Minowa	....	animator
Sawako Miyamoto	....	inbetween animator
Yoshiyuki Momose	....	animator
Noriko Moritomo	....	animator
Shinji Morohashi	....	animator
Yoko Nagashima	....	inbetween animator
Toshie Nakagome	....	in-between animation checker
Masatoshi Nakamura	....	inbetween animator
Makiko Niki	....	key animator
Sumie Nishido	....	inbetween animator
Takehiro Noda	....	inbetween animator
Masahiko Ohkura	....	inbetween animator
Mayumi Ohmura	....	inbetween animator
Kumiko Ohta	....	inbetween animator
Yasuko Ohtomo	....	inbetween animator
Sachiko Okada	....	inbetween animator
Kazuyoshi Onoda	....	inbetween animator
Shinji Otsuka	....	animator
Makoto Ozawa	....	inbetween animator
Masaya Saitou	....	inbetween animator
Ichimi Sakai	....	inbetween animator
Shinsaku Sasaki	....	inbetween animator
Nobuko Sato	....	inbetween animator
Yoshiharu Sato	....	animator
Eriko Shibata	....	inbetween animator
Kazuko Shibata	....	inbetween animator
Yuji Shigekuni	....	animator
Ritsuko Shiina	....	inbetween animator
Hiroshi Shimizu	....	animator
Mayumi Shimizu	....	inbetween animator
Koji Shinohara	....	inbetween animator
Masako Shinohara	....	animator
Yuuko Sotake	....	inbetween animator
Hisako Sueda	....	inbetween animator
Sachiko Sugino	....	animator
Tsukasa Tannai	....	animator
Hitomi Tateno	....	in-between animation checker
Akiko Teshima	....	inbetween animator
Hiroko Tezuka	....	inbetween animator
Yoshinobu Tsuneki	....	inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Yamada	....	inbetween animator
Yukari Yamaura	....	inbetween animator
Masaya Yasutome	....	inbetween animator
Mayu Yazawa	....	inbetween animator
Hideaki Yokoi	....	inbetween animator
Kazumi Yokoyama	....	inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Yoshida	....	animator
Hideaki Yoshio	....	inbetween animator
Keiko Yozawa	....	inbetween animator
Shin'ya Ôhira	....	animator
Atsuko Ôtani	....	animator

Casting Department
Ned Lott	....	voice casting

Editorial Department
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Cory Hansen	....	post-production coordinator

Other crew
Cindy Davis Hewitt	....	adaptation: English version
Donald H. Hewitt	....	adaptation: English version
John Lasseter	....	executive creative consultant
Noriko Takaya	....	harmony process

Production Companies

• Japan Airlines
• Nibariki
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
• Studio Ghibli
• TNNG
• Toho Company
• Tokuma Shoten

Distributors

• Toho Company (1992) (worldwide) (all media)
• Cinema Mondo (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Folkets Bio (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Gkids (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Manga Films (1994) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (dubbed)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Optimum Home Entertainment (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Domusha  animation finishing
• IM Studio  animation finishing
• Imagica  film processing
• Kyoto Animation  animation finishing
• Miyazaki Animation Studio  animation finishing
• Omnibus Promotion  post-production sound services
• Pierrot Fukuoka Office  animation finishing
• Studio Ad  animation finishing
• Studio Cats  animation finishing
• Studio Killy  animation finishing
• Studio Korumi  animation finishing
• Studio OZ  animation finishing
• Tokyo TV Center  dubbing studio

Also Known As:

"Kurenai no buta" - Japan (original title)
"The Crimson Pig" - International (English title) (literal title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for violence and some mild language

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby Digital

Certification:

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 | UK:PG | Germany:6 | South Korea:All | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:7 | Denmark:7 | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Japan Airlines

Trivia:

Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [pigs]The lead character has the face of a pig.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): 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:[Curtis and Porco have run out of ammo when Curtis attempts to shoot Porco with a revolver] Hahaha... This isn't a Western, you can't hit me from here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Spirited Away (2001)

Soundtrack:

Tokini wa mukasi no hanashi wo

It's a Miyazaki Ghibli... What else is there to say?

If somebody were to start up an all-Ghibli network on television, I'd leave the set on that channel unless I heard a nuclear attack siren. Kurenai no Buta is one of those films that could fill up much of the schedule, as I could watch it over and over again.

Set in Fascist Italy in the late twenties, the story is about a cursed WWI Italian fighter pilot, Porco Rosso, doomed to live out his life in the form of a pig. He spends his leisure hours basking on his secluded private beach with his bright red monoplane. He makes his living by tangling with air pirates, collecting rewards for recovery of valuables.

Porco Rosso has a lot to deal with in this story. He has the pirates to contend with, a swashbuckling American mercenary looking for a good dogfight, an increasingly intrusive Fascist presence eyeing his activities, a finicky airplane, and two women in love with him. Other than the vaguely appearing Fascists, there are no real villains in the film.

Mamma Aiuto is a heavy-set bearded chap, somewhat reminiscent of Bluto in the Popeye cartoons. He and his gang of bungling pirates have honor, if not exactly fastidious bathing habits.

Donald Curtis, an American mercenary, seems driven to glory and fame-and falls in love with every pretty face he sees. He's after notoriety and feels an air duel with Porco Rosso is the ticket to get there.

Gina, Porco's childhood sweetheart, runs a popular island resort. She's still in love with him, but he doesn't quite get it. All the pilots of the Adriatic love Gina, who was married and widowed thrice. Donald Curtis is right in there with everyone else vying for her attention.

Fio Piccolo, a 17-year old American aeronautical engineer, is commissioned by a reluctant Porco to fix his plane. She also falls in love with him as she gradually sees his character. He gets it, but he's not really interested in that kind of arrangement--especially with one so young.

A working, radio-controlled scale model of his plane hangs in the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan, along with photos of it in flight as proof that the airplane depicted in the film actually could fly.

This story weaves together beautifully and leads to an ending that is a topic of discussion among those who have seen it. This is a must-see film. I give it an easy 10.