Porco Rosso, known in Japan as Crimson Pig is the sixth anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by Studio Ghibli and released in 1992. The story is about an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. The man has been cursed and transformed into a pig. Once called Marco Pagot, he is now known to the world as "Porco Rosso", Italian for "Red Pig". The film is loosely based on Miyazaki's manga Hikōtei Jidai. It is said Miyazaki based the scenery on Rijeka, former Fiume, in Croatia. During the Great Depression,... Porco Rosso is a former flying ace who works as a freelance pirate hunter. He frequents the Hotel Adriano, where he spends time with Gina, the owner of the hotel and one of his closest friends. An American pilot named Curtis attacks Porco in the air. Porco's engine breaks down, making him an easy target for Curtis, and he crashes. Curtis claims to have killed Porco. Porco has his plane repaired by Piccolo S.P.A., an aircraft design shop owned by an old friend of Porco's.
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| Release date: | July 18, 1992 |
| Directed by: | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Toshio Suzuki, Rick Dempsey |
| Editor: | Hayao Miyazaki, Takeshi Seyama |
| Music by: | Joe Hisaishi |
| Cinematography: | Atsushi Okui |
| Screenplay by: | Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt |
| Genre: | Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Children's |