Porco Rosso
Can a pig really fly?
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.
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $45M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
18 billed performers
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Movie DNA
How Porco Rosso actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAnnecy Cristal for a Feature Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Porco Rosso returned 4.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $9M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $45M
- Release date
- Jul 18, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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