Porco Rosso

Jul 18, 1992

1h 33m

★ 7.8

A pig's got to fly.

Overview

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.

Genres

Family

Comedy

Animation

Adventure

Production Companies

Studio Ghibli

Nibariki

Mitsubishi

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Tokuma Shoten

Porco Rosso Trailers

Cast

Kurenai no Buta (voice)

Shūichirō Moriyama

Jina-sama (voice)

Tokiko Kato

Pikkoro-oyaji (voice)

Bunshi Katsura VI

Manmayuto no shachô (voice)

Tsunehiko Kamijô

Fio Pikkoro (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Donarudo Kâchisu (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Bâ-chan (voice)

Hiroko Seki

Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)

Reizō Nomoto

Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)

Osamu Saka

Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)

Yu Shimaka

(voice)

Mahito Tsujimura

(voice)

Minoru Yada

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