Porco survives, though his plane is heavily damaged. After successfully executing a pirating mission, Curtis tracks down Porco, who is flying to Milan to have his plane serviced, and shoots him down as he experiences an engine outage, claiming to have killed him. Curtis falls in love with Gina on the spot, but is frustrated to see his declarations rebuffed and her affection for Porco. Porco treats himself to dinner at the Hotel Adriano, which is run by his friend Gina.Īt the hotel, the heads of the pirate gangs are contracting Curtis, an arrogant and ambitious American ace, to assist them in their next attacks.
In 1929, Porco Rosso, an Italian World War I fighter ace and freelance bounty hunter, fends off an attack on a ferry liner by airborne pirates.
GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on Novemunder a new deal with Studio Ghibli. The film was later redubbed by Walt Disney Home Entertainment and released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States and Canada on February 22, 2005. Once called Marco Pagot (Marco Rossolini in the American version), he is now known to the world as "Porco Rosso", Italian for "Red Pig" or "Red Pork", in a broader definition it can also mean "Red Swine" or "Red Ham".Ī first English-dubbed version was made for Japan Airlines and included in the Ghibli LD Box Set and on the first Region 2 DVD releases in 2002. However, an unusual curse has transformed him into an anthropomorphic pig. The plot revolves around an Italian World War I ex-fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing " air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea.
Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi composed the music. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Japan Airlines and the Nippon Television Network and distributed by Toho. The film stars the voices of Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio Ōtsuka. It is based on Hikōtei Jidai ("The Age of the Flying Boat"), a three-part 1989 watercolor manga by Miyazaki. 'Crimson Pig') is a 1992 Japanese animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Porco Rosso ( Japanese: 紅の豚, Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta, lit.
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