Kurenai no buta (1992)

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:

Hayao Miyazaki (written by)

Release Date:

18 July 1992 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

The adventures of a 1920's bush pilot who just happens to look like a humanoid pig.

Plot Keywords:

Pilot | Pig | 1930s | Hero | Italy

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Shûichirô Moriyama	...	Kurenai no Buta (voice)
Tokiko Katô	...	Jina-sama (voice)
Sanshi Katsura	...	Pikkoro-oyaji (voice)
Greg Ellis	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tsunehiko Kamijô	...	Manmayuto no shachô (voice)
Akemi Okamura	...	Fio Pikkoro (voice)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Donarudo Kâchisu (voice)
Hiroko Seki	...	Bâ-chan (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Angel	...	Additional Voices
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Bell	...	Additional Voices
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional Voices
Earl Boen	...	Additional Voices
Cameron Bowen	...	Additional Voices
Rodger Bumpass	...	Additional Voices
Corey Burton	...	Additional Voices
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voices
Debi Derryberry	...	Additional Voices
Ashley Edner	...	Additional Voices
Susan Egan	...	Gina (Disney Dub 2003) (voice: English version)
Paul Eiding	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Cary Elwes	...	Curtis (voice: English version)
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Mamma Aiuto Gang
Bill Farmer	...	Additional Voices
Pat Fraley	...	Additional Voices
Brad Garrett	...	Mamma Aiuto Boss
Brian George	...	Additional Voices
Lynn Harris	...	Additional voices
Gérard Hernandez	...	Paolo Piccolo (voice: French version)
Michael Keaton	...	Porco Rosso (voice: English version)
Tom Kenny	...	Additional Voices
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voices
Tress MacNeille	...	Additional Voices
Kaitlyn Maggio	...	Additional Voices
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voices
Laraine Newman	...	Additional Voices
Rob Paulsen	...	Additional Voices
Bradley Pierce	...	Gas Boy
Phil Proctor	...	Additional Voices
Jean-Luc Reichmann	...	Curtis (voice: French version)
Jean Reno	...	Porco Rosso (French version) (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Mamma Aiuto Gang
Aimee Roldan	...	Additional Voices
Deanna Russo	...	Additional Voices
Osamu Saka	...	Additional Voices
David Ogden Stiers	...	Grandpa Piccolo
Mahito Tsujimura	...	Additional Voices
Jim Ward	...	Additional Voices
Frank Welker	...	Mamma Aiuto Gang
Kimberly Williams-Paisley	...	Fio (Disney Dub 2003) (voice: English version)
Minoru Yada

Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki

Writing credits
Hayao Miyazaki		(written by)

Produced by
Rick Dempsey	....	producer
Ned Lott	....	associate producer
Yoshio Sasaki	....	executive producer
Sokai Tokuma	....	executive producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma	....	executive producer
Matsuo Toshimitsu	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joe Hisaishi

Cinematography by
Mark Henley		(English version)
Atsushi Okui

Film Editing by
Hayao Miyazaki

Production Design by
Katsu Hisamura

Art Direction by
Yoshitsu Hisamura

Production Management
David Candiff	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shin'ichi Matsumi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ikuyo Kimura	....	color key
Satoshi Kuroda	....	art designer
Kyouko Naganawa	....	art designer
Kazuo Oga	....	art designer
Kiyomi Ota	....	art designer
Naomi Sakimoto	....	art designer
Yôji Takeshige	....	art designer
Naoya Tanaka	....	art designer
Teruyo Tateyama	....	color key
Akira Yamagawa	....	art designer
Michiyo Yasuda	....	color designer

Sound Department
Naoko Asari	....	sound
Petra Bach	....	supervising adr editor
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Pinkston	....	adr recordist
Thomas Whiting	....	supervising adr editor

Special Effects by
Tomoji Hashizume	....	special effects
Setsuko Tamai	....	special effects
Kaoji Tanifuji	....	special effects

Animation Department
Masahiko Adachi	....	inbetween animator
Hiroaki Akagi	....	inbetween animator
Masashi Ando	....	animator
Rie Aratome	....	inbetween animator
Koichi Asano	....	inbetween animator
Ken Baba	....	inbetween animator
Masaaki Endo	....	animator
Rie Fujimura	....	in-between animation checker
Hiromi Furuya	....	inbetween animator
Makiko Futaki	....	animator
Atsushi Hasebe	....	inbetween animator
Akiko Hasegawa	....	animator
Seiko Higashi	....	inbetween animator
Kumi Horii	....	inbetween animator
Takeshi Imamura	....	inbetween animator
Hiroyuki Inoue	....	inbetween animator
Mitsuo Iso	....	animator
Yoshiko Itano	....	inbetween animator
Hideki Ito	....	inbetween animator
Emiko Iwayanagi	....	inbetween animator
Megumi Kagawa	....	animation director
Yoshinori Kanada	....	animator
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	animation director
Yoko Kida	....	inbetween animator
Shigeru Kimijima	....	inbetween animator
Yumiko Kitajima	....	inbetween animator
Tsuyoshi Konakawa	....	inbetween animator
Katsuya Kondô	....	animator
Rie Kondou	....	inbetween animator
Yoshifumi Kondo	....	animator
Ken'ichi Konishi	....	inbetween animator
Mahiro Maeda	....	animator
Takao Maki	....	inbetween animator
Kiyoko Makita	....	inbetween animator
Suzuko Mano	....	inbetween animator
Takasumi Matsukawa	....	inbetween animator
Masaru Matsuse	....	inbetween animator
Atsuko Matsushita	....	inbetween animator
Hiroko Minowa	....	animator
Sawako Miyamoto	....	inbetween animator
Yoshiyuki Momose	....	animator
Noriko Moritomo	....	animator
Shinji Morohashi	....	animator
Yoko Nagashima	....	inbetween animator
Toshie Nakagome	....	in-between animation checker
Masatoshi Nakamura	....	inbetween animator
Makiko Niki	....	key animator
Sumie Nishido	....	inbetween animator
Takehiro Noda	....	inbetween animator
Shin'ya Ôhira	....	animator
Masahiko Ohkura	....	inbetween animator
Mayumi Ohmura	....	inbetween animator
Kumiko Ohta	....	inbetween animator
Yasuko Ohtomo	....	inbetween animator
Sachiko Okada	....	inbetween animator
Kazuyoshi Onoda	....	inbetween animator
Atsuko Ôtani	....	animator
Shinji Otsuka	....	animator
Makoto Ozawa	....	inbetween animator
Masaya Saitou	....	inbetween animator
Ichimi Sakai	....	inbetween animator
Shinsaku Sasaki	....	inbetween animator
Nobuko Sato	....	inbetween animator
Yoshiharu Sato	....	animator
Eriko Shibata	....	inbetween animator
Kazuko Shibata	....	inbetween animator
Yuji Shigekuni	....	animator
Ritsuko Shiina	....	inbetween animator
Hiroshi Shimizu	....	animator
Mayumi Shimizu	....	inbetween animator
Koji Shinohara	....	inbetween animator
Masako Shinohara	....	animator
Yuuko Sotake	....	inbetween animator
Hisako Sueda	....	inbetween animator
Sachiko Sugino	....	animator
Tsukasa Tannai	....	animator
Hitomi Tateno	....	in-between animation checker
Akiko Teshima	....	inbetween animator
Hiroko Tezuka	....	inbetween animator
Yoshinobu Tsuneki	....	inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Yamada	....	inbetween animator
Yukari Yamaura	....	inbetween animator
Masaya Yasutome	....	inbetween animator
Mayu Yazawa	....	inbetween animator
Hideaki Yokoi	....	inbetween animator
Kazumi Yokoyama	....	inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Yoshida	....	animator
Hideaki Yoshio	....	inbetween animator
Keiko Yozawa	....	inbetween animator

Casting Department
Ned Lott	....	voice casting

Editorial Department
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Cory Hansen	....	post-production coordinator

Other crew
Cindy Davis Hewitt	....	adaptation: English version
Donald H. Hewitt	....	adaptation: English version
John Lasseter	....	executive creative consultant

Production Companies

• Japan Airlines
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
• Studio Ghibli
• Toho Company
• Tokuma Shoten

Distributors

• Toho Company (1992) (worldwide) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Cinema Mondo (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Folkets Bio (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Manga Films (1994) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Video (USA) (dubbed)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Optimum Releasing (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Domusha  animation finishing
• IM Studio  animation finishing
• Imagica  film processing
• Kyoto Animation  animation finishing
• Miyazaki Animation Studio  animation finishing
• Omnibus Promotion  post-production sound services
• Pierrot Fukuoka Office  animation finishing
• Studio Ad  animation finishing
• Studio Cats  animation finishing
• Studio Killy  animation finishing
• Studio Korumi  animation finishing
• Studio OZ  animation finishing
• Tokyo TV Center  dubbing studio

Also Known As:

Porco Rosso (Australia) (Europe: English title) (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Oi aeromahies tou Porco Rosso (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Pòrco Rósso (Spain) [es]
Porco Rosso (Denmark) [da]
Porco Rosso (Sweden) [sv]
Porco Rosso (Finland) [fi]
Porco Rosso (France) [fr]
Porco Rosso (Italy) [it]
Porco Rosso (Estonia) (festival title) [et]
Porco Rosso - O Último Herói Romântico (Brazil) [pt]
Punainen sika (Finland) [fi]
Szkarlatny pilot (Poland) [pl]

MPAA:

Rated PG for violence and some mild language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:PG | Germany:6 | South Korea:All | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:7 | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) | France:U | Hong Kong:I | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | USA:PG | Singapore:G

Company:

Japan Airlines

Trivia:

Porco Rosso is based on manga Hikoutei Jidai (The Age of the Flying Boat) by Hayao Miyazaki, part of Zassou Note series.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: There are spelling mistakes in all three italian texts that appear in the movie: first newspaper "mamma aito" instead of "mamma aiuto" and "L'bambie" instead of "Le bambine", second newspaper "vivo a morto" instead of "vivo o morto", third sign in Piccolo's office "non si fo credito" instead of "non si fa credito".

Quotes:

Pirate: So we're taking all 15 of them?
Head Pirate: Well it wouldn't be nice to seperate them from their friends.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Neko no ongaeshi (2002)

Soundtrack:

Tokini wa mukasi no hanashi wo

Great story, wonderful characters, fantastic animation

First of all, I've never seen the title "Kurenai no buta" except on IMDb. The English title on my copy and all other references I've found on the web are "Porco Rosso". Outside Japan, that's the title to look for at the video store.

Let's see what we've got: an Italian Pig speaking Japanese, "Knock your socks off" aerial vistas, not one but two beautiful heroines, an Adriatic hotel that's actually a small island, better dialog than many "live" movies, sky pirates, even good music. How many films can claim all that?

Perhaps the most attractive character of the film, after you've gotten past the many obvious ones, is Myazaki's amazing imagination which pervades all aspects of the production.

To me, the storyline is reminiscent of Hollywood's Golden Age. The characters are wonderful, even to an adult audience and, of course, high quality animation is the frosting on the cake.

After seeing Porco Rosso, I bought the DVD, and I hardly ever do that!