Porco Rosso

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.

Cast

Shūichirō Moriyama

Shūichirō Moriyama

as Porco Rosso (voice)

Tokiko Kato

Tokiko Kato

as Madame Gina (voice)

Bunshi Katsura VI

Bunshi Katsura VI

as Grandpa Piccolo (voice)

Tsunehiko Kamijô

Tsunehiko Kamijô

as Mamma Aiuto Boss (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Akemi Okamura

as Fio Piccolo (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

as Donald Curtis (voice)

Hiroko Seki

Hiroko Seki

as Granny (voice)

Masayuki Inagaki

Masayuki Inagaki

as Major Ferrarin (voice)

Reizō Nomoto

Reizō Nomoto

as Mamma Aiuto Gang Member (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

as Mamma Aiuto Gang Member (voice)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 charac...

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