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Porco Rosso
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
Porco Rosso

紅の豚

"Can a pig really fly?"

18 July 1992 Japan 93 min 7.8 (3,559)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Cast: Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Akemi Okamura

Animation War Family Fantasy Comedy Adventure Anti-Fascism and Political Integrity Survivor's Guilt and Trauma The Romanticism of Flight Female Empowerment and Agency Midlife Disillusionment
Budget: $9,200,000
Box Office: $44,600,000

Porco Rosso — Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

Fashisuto ni naru yori buta no hō ga mashi sa.
— Porco Rosso

Context

Said to his former friend Ferrarin in a cinema when encouraged to rejoin the Italian Air Force.

Meaning

This is the thematic backbone of the film, expressing a preference for being a social outcast (a 'pig') over a moral monster (a fascist).

Tobanai buta wa tada no buta da.
— Porco Rosso

Context

Responding to Gina's concern for his safety and her plea for him to stop flying.

Meaning

Implies that purpose and passion define existence; for Porco, if he stops flying, he loses the last thing that makes him more than just an animal.

Koko de wa ai wa totemo chigau no yo.
— Madame Gina

Context

Said to Donald Curtis after he unsuccessfully tries to woo her with promises of Hollywood fame.

Meaning

Reflects the unique, slow-burning, and often tragic nature of romance in a world constantly interrupted by flight and war.

Ii yatsu wa minna shin'da yo.
— Porco Rosso

Context

Told to Fio during the quiet night scene as he recounts his experience in the war.

Meaning

A direct expression of his survivor's guilt, indicating his belief that his survival was an accident or a mistake because he doesn't consider himself 'good.'

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