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Porco Rosso
is a 1992 Japanese animated adventure-fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is based on Hikōtei Jidai ("The Age of the Flying Boat"), a three-part 1989 watercolor manga by Miyazaki. It stars the voices of Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio Ōtsuka. Animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Japan Airlines and the Nippon Television Network, it was produced by Toshio Suzuki and distributed by Toho. Its score is by Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi.
Plot
In 1929, Porco Rosso, an Italian World War I fighter ace and freelance bounty hunter who has been cursed to have a pig's head, fends off an attack on an ocean liner by airborne pirates. Porco treats himself to dinner at the Hotel Adriano, which is run by his friend Gina.
More details
| author | Hayao Miyazaki |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Adriatic Sea Italy Milan |
| director | Hayao Miyazaki |
| editor | Takeshi Seyama |
| events | aviation |
| genre | adventure comedy fantasy historical |
| keywords | 1929 1929 in italy air force airborne pirates aircraft allied allies of world war i ambush attack austria-hungary austro-hungarian awaken bare-knuckle boxing begin bounty hunter boxing match central powers claim curse end enemy engineer fall famous actor fighter ace fly force great depression help italian air force kill kingdom of italy machine gun mechanic national fascist party ocean liner old age other man ovra pirate gang police arrest red sea regia aeronautica secret police the new fascist government wait wed world war i |
| musicBy | Joe Hisaishi |
| producer | Toshio Suzuki |
| productionCompany | Studio Ghibli |
| publisher | Toho |
| theme | animated anime magic realism |