In Early 1930′s era Italy, air pirates, bounty hunters and high flyers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso, a man cursed with the head of a pig after watching the spirits of the pilots killed in the last air battle he fought in rise to the heavens. He now makes a living taking jobs, such as rescuing those kidnapped by air pirates. Donald Curtis, Porco’s rival in the air and in catching the affections of women, provides a constant challenge to the hero, culminating in a hilarious, action packed finale.

Kurenai no buta (1992)
  • Rating: (18,327 votes)
  • Runtime:94 minutes
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Country:Japan
  • Actors:
    Kurenai no Buta (voice)
    Shûichirô Moriyama
    Jina-sama (voice)
    Tokiko Katô
    Pikkoro-oyaji (voice)
    Sanshi Katsura
    (voice: English version)
    Greg Ellis
    Manmayuto no shachô (voice)
    Tsunehiko Kamijô
    Fio Pikkoro (voice)
    Akemi Okamura
    Donarudo Kâchisu (voice)
    Akio Ohtsuka
    Bâ-chan (voice)
    Hiroko Seki
    Jack Angel
    (voice)
    Dee Bradley Baker
  • Genres:Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
  • Producers:
    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  
  • Plot: In Early 1930's era Italy air pirates, bounty hunters and high fliers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso. A former Ace, he now makes a living flying contract jobs, such as rescuing those kidnapped by air pirates. Donald Curtis, Porco's rival in the air and in catching the affections of women, provides a constant challenge to the hero, culminating in a hilarious, action packed finale. Written by Anonymous
Kurenai no buta
  • User's comment:A shockingly perfect work of art by moribana

    Miyazaki is an inspiration for artists everywhere. His total mastery of all aspects of storytelling craft makes the amazing seem easy.

    Kurenai no Buta manages to be over-the-top fun and exceedingly subtle at the same moment. The dialogue is at once straightforward yet with layer upon layer of dramatic meaning. The animated wizardry is stunning as usual, yet never over the top. It always comes across as so natural.

    This film is a homage to so many different genres, places, people and attitudes one could go on ages pulling them all out. Amazing amount of detail packed into every scene.

    Well I am running out of superlatives. Like all master works of art, this leaves you with something special. In this case I find it hard to describe perhaps since the Pig himself is such a mysterious character.

    See it.


  • Quotes: Porco Rosso: A pig that doesn't fly is just a pig. Porco Rosso: I'd rather be a pig than a fascist. Arms Dealer: If you make money from war, you're scum. If you can't make money from bounty hunting, you're an idiot!
  • Also known as: Porco Rosso (Argentina - imdb display title), Porco Rosso (Australia - imdb display title), Porco Rosso (Denmark), Porco Rosso (Estonia - festival title), Porco Rosso (Europe - English title), Porco Rosso (Finland), Porco Rosso (France), Porco Rosso (International - English title), Porco Rosso (Italy), Porco Rosso (Mexico - imdb display title), Porco Rosso (Norway - imdb display title), Porco Rosso (Spain - imdb display title), Porco Rosso (Sweden), Porco Rosso (UK), Porco Rosso (USA), O Porquinho Voador (Portugal - cable TV title), Oi aeromahies tou Porco Rosso (Greece - DVD title), Porco Rosso - O Último Herói Romântico (Brazil), Porco Rosso - O Porquinho Voador (Portugal - imdb display title), Porco Rosso, a mesterpilóta (Hungary - imdb display title), Punainen sika (Finland), Szkarlatny pilot (Poland), The Crimson Pig (International - literal title, English title),

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