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 Kurenai no Buta (voice)

Tokiko Kato

Tokiko Kato

as Jina-sama (voice)

Bunshi Katsura VI

Bunshi Katsura VI

as Pikkoro-oyaji (voice)

Tsunehiko Kamijô

Tsunehiko Kamijô

as Manmayuto no shachô (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Akemi Okamura

as Fio Pikkoro (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

as Donarudo Kâchisu (voice)

Hiroko Seki

Hiroko Seki

as Bâ-chan (voice)

Reizō Nomoto

Reizō Nomoto

as Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

as Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)

Yu Shimaka

Yu Shimaka

as Mamma Aiuto Gang (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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