Porco Rosso
Cursed pilot Porco Rosso must outfly ruthless sky‑pirates and a vengeful American ace while protecting the woman he loves and evading the law.
“Can a pig really fly?”
Synopsis
In Italy during the 1930s, sky pirates flying biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships sailing the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to confront the threat is the enigmatic Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was inexplicably turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew,
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A crew of 46+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Hayao MiyazakiShot by Mark HenleyScored by Joe HisaishiDesigned by Katsu Hisamura
Box Office
1992 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.8× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$44.6M
Re-release box office
- 2018755 theaters
- $599K($789K today)
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
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Also known as
- Porco Rossode
- Porco Rossoen
- Porco Rossofr
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Cast & Crew
46 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Shuichiro Moriyama
as Porco Rosso
Tokiko Kato
as Madame Gina
Bunshi Katsura Vi
as Mr. Piccolo
Tsunehiko Kamijo
as Mamma Aiuto Boss
Akemi Okamura
as Fio Piccolo
Akio Otsuka
as Mr. Curtis
Hiroko Seki
as Grandma
Osamu Saka
as Mamma Aiuto Gang
Reizo Nomoto
as Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)
Nobuo Tanaka
as Mamma Aiuto Gang
Yu Shimaka
as Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)
Mahito Tsujimura
as (voice)
Supporting cast
23Minoru Yada
as (voice)
Yoko Soumi
as (voice)
Yuzuru Fujimoto
as Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)
Tatsuyuki Jinnai
as Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)
Kazunori Arai
as Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)
Shinnosuke Furumoto
as Mamma Aiuto Gang (voice)
Masayuki Inagaki
as Major Ferrarin (voice)
Ginzo Matsuo
as (voice)
Akimasa Omori
as (voice)
Katsuyo Endou
as (voice)
Ayako Taneda
as (voice)
Hirotsugu Moriyama
as (voice)
Yuri Satou
as (voice)
Takeyuki Jinuchi
as (voice)
Atsuko Nakazawa
as (voice)
Hiroko Nakatsugawa
as (voice)
Akio Matsuoka
as (voice)
Hirozumi Sato
as (voice)
Daisuke Inoue
as (voice)
Ayumi Kita
as (voice)
Maiko Sato
as (voice)
Rie Morita
as (voice)
Wakana Takahashi
as (voice)
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