A sun-drenched aerial adventure where melancholy and honor collide, embodied by a crimson seaplane cutting through the Adriatic blue as a man's porcine mask hides the scars of a lost era.
Porco Rosso
紅の豚
"Can a pig really fly?"
Director:
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast:
Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Akemi Okamura
Animation
War
Family
Fantasy
Comedy
Adventure
Budget:
$9,200,000
Box Office:
$44,600,000
Porco Rosso - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
The 'Ghibli' Engine
When Porco's plane is being repaired, the word 'Ghibli' is clearly cast into the metal of the engine. While it refers to the studio, it's also historically accurate as Ghibli was a nickname for the Caproni aircraft and means 'desert wind' in Italian.
Sherlock Hound Reference
The name 'Marco Pagot' is a tribute to the Italian animator Marco Pagot, whose family collaborated with Miyazaki on the 1980s series Sherlock Hound.