Kurenai no buta (1992)

Country of Origin: Japan / France
Year of Production: 1992
Running Times: 93 mins
Format: colour
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Studio Ghibli / Japan Airline / NTV / Tokuma Shoten
Executive Producers: Matsuo Toshimitsu, Sokai Tokuma, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Yoshio Sasaki
English Language Version Executive Producer: John Lasseter
Planning: Hideo Ogata, Tatsumi Yamashita

SCRIPT
Script / Story: Hayao Miyazaki
English Language Version Translation: Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt

DIRECTION
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
English Language Version Director: Tony Bancroft

ANIMATION
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot
Main Animation Directors: Ai Kagawa, Toshio Kawaguchi
Key Animators: Akiko Hasegawa, Atsuko Otani, HIroko Minowa, Hiroshi Shimizu, Iko Kaneda, Katsuya Kondo, Ken'ichi Yoshida, Mahiro Maeda, Makiko Niki, Masaaki Endou, Masako Shinohara, Masashi Ando, Noriko Moritomo, Sachiko Sugino, Shinji Morohashi, Shinji Otsuka, Shinya Ohira, Yoshifumi Kondô, Yoshiharu Sato, Yoshiyuki Momose, Yuu Isomitsu, Yuuji Shigekuni
In-Between Animators: Akiko Tejima, Atsuko Matsushita, Atsushi Hasebe, Emiko Iwayanagi, Eriko Shibata, Hideaki Yokoi, Hideaki Yoshio, Hideki Ito, Hiroaki Akagi, Hiroko Tezuka, Hiromi Furuya, Hiroyuki Inoue, Hisako Sueda, Ichimi Sakai, Kazuko Shibata, Kazumi Yokoyama, Kazuyoshi Onoda, Keiko Yozawa, Ken Baba, Ken'ichi Yamada, Kenichi Konishi, Kiyoko Makita, Koichi Asano, Koji Shinohara, Kumi Horii, Kumiko Ohta, Makoto Ozawa, Masahiko Adachi, Masahiko Ohraku, Masaru Matsuse, Masatoshi Nakamura, Masaya Saito, Masaya Yasutome, Mayu Yazawa, Mayumi Ohmura, Mayumi Shimizu, Nobuko Sato, Rie Aratome, Rie Kondo, Ritsuko Shiina, Sachiko Okada, Sawako Miyamoto, Seiko Higashi, Shigeru Kimijima, Shinsaku Sasaki, Sumie Nishido, Suzuko Mano, Takao Maki, Takasumi Matsukawa, Takehiro Noda, Takeshi Inamura, Tsuyoshi Konakawa, Yasuko Ohtomo, Yoko Kida, Yoko Nagashima, Yoshiko Itano, Yoshinobu Tsuneki, Yukari Yamaura, Yumiko Kitajima, Yuuko Sotake
In-Between Checking: Hitomi Tateno, Rie Fujimura, Toshie Nakagome
Animation Cooperation: Anime Torotoro, Group Donguri, Oh production, Studio Cockpit, Studio Takuranke, Telecom Animation Film
Colour Designer: Michiyo Yasuda
Colour Key: Ikuyo Kimura, Teruyo Tateyama

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Atsushi Okui

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Hayao Miyazaki

MUSIC
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Theme Music: Tokiko Kato
Song: Tokiko Kato (Toki ni wa Mukashi no Hanashi o)
Theme Song Performed By: Tokiko Kato

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Kaoji Tanifuji, Setsuko Tamai, Tomoji Hashizume

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Yoshitsu Hisamura
Art Designers: Akira Yamakawa, Kazuo Oga, Kiyomi Ota, Kyoko Naganawa, Naomi Sakimoto, Naoya Tanaka, Satoshi Kuroda, Youji Takeshige

VOICES
Shuuichirou Moriyama (Porco Rosso)
Akemi Okamura (Fio)
Akio Ohtsuka (Curtis)
Tokiko Kato (Madame Gina)
Hiroko Seki (Gramma)
Sanshi Katsura (Old Man Piccolo)
Tsunehiko Kamijo (Mamma Auito Boss)
Akimasa Ohmori
Akio Matsuoka
Atsuko Nakazawa
Ayumi Kida
Daisuke Inoue
Fumiko Taneda
Gekidan Wakakusa
Gonzoh Matsuo
Hiroko Nakatsugawa
Hirotsugu Moriyama
Hirozumi Satoh
Jou Fujimoto
Katsuyo Endou
Kazunori Arai
Mahito Tsujimura
Maiko Satoh
Makoto Tsujimura
Masayuki Inagaki
Minoru Yada
Nobuo Tanaka
Noriyuki Jinnai
Osamu Saka
Reizô Nomoto
Rie Morita
Shinnosuke Furumoto
Wakana Takahashi
Youko Sawaumi
Yuri Satou
Yutaka Shimaka

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Michael Keaton (Porco Rosso)
Cary Elwes (Donald Curtis)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Fio)
Bill Fagerbakke (Mamma Aiuto Gang)
Bobby Edner (arms dealer)
Brad Garrett (Mamma Aiuto Boss)
David Ogden Stiers (Grandpa Piccolo)
Frank Welker (Mamma Aiuto Gang)
Kevin Michael Richardson (Mamma Aiuto Gang)
Susan Egan (Gina)
Aimee Roldan
Ashley Edner
Bill Farmer
Bradley Pierce
Brian George
Cameron Bowen
Chelsea Smith
Corey Burton
Deanna Russo
Debi Derryberry
Dee Bradley Baker
Earl Boen
Jack Angel
Jeff Bennett
Jennifer Darling
Jim Ward
Kaitlyn Maggio
Laraine Newman
Michael Bell
Mickie McGowan
Patrick Fraley
Paul Eiding
Philip Proctor
Rob Paulsen
Rodger Bumpass
Sherry Lynn
Tom Kenny
Tress MacNeille

FRENCH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Jean Reno (Porco Rosso)
Jean-Luc Reichmann (Donald Curtis)
Sophie Deschaumes (Gina)
Adèle Carasso (Fio)
Gérard Hernandez (Piccolo)

PLOT SUMMARY

The skies above Italy in the early 1930s are in chaos as air pirates and bounty hunters rule the air. The most adept of these mercenary pilots is Porco Rosso, a flier with the body of a man and the head of a pig after being cursed while spying on the spirits of pilots killed in the last air battle.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: Flashstar Home Vídeo

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Toho

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Manga Films S.L.

USA
Video Distributors: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD Distributors: Buena Vista Home Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: PG

France
Rating: U

Hong Kong
Rating: I

Portugal
Rating: M/6

Spain
Rating: T

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: PG (for violence and some mild language)

AWARDS

1992
Mainichi Film Concours, Japan
Best Animated Film (Hayao Miyazaki) - winner
Best Film Score (Joe Hisaishi) - winner (also for Seishun dendekedekedeke (1992))

TIMELINE

1992
July
18: Japan - theatrical release

1994
September
1: Spain - theatrical release

1995
June
21: France - theatrical release

2003
September
21: South Korea -shown at the Megabox Japan Film Festival

December
19: South Korea - theatrical release

2004
March
5: USA - shown at the New York International Children's Film Festival

July
8: Australia - shown at the Sydney Miyazaki Film Festival

August
31: USA - DVD release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Crimson Pig
Porco Rosso - O Último Herói Romântico - Brazilian title
Porco rosso - Italian title
Porco Rosso - English language title
Pòrco rósso - Spanish title
Punainen sika - Finnish title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Première July 1995 p.43 (France)
review (by Gerard Delorme)

KEYWORDS

aircraft, animation, anime, aviation, pigs

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008