Porco is initially skeptical of Fio's abilities as a mechanic, but after seeing her dedication in the repair project he accepts her as a competent engineer. He learns that Piccolo's sons have emigrated to find work elsewhere due to the Great Depression, and much of the engineering will have to be carried on by his young granddaughter Fio. Porco arrives discreetly in Turin to meet Piccolo, his mechanic. Porco continues the trip by train with the remains of the plane, much to the irritation of Gina, who reminds him that there is a warrant for his arrest in Italy. Porco survives, though his plane is heavily damaged. After successfully executing a pirating mission, Curtis tracks down Porco, who is flying to Turin (Milan in the English language version) to have his plane serviced, and shoots him down as he experiences an engine outage, claiming to have killed him. Curtis falls in love with Gina on the spot, but is frustrated to see his declarations rebuffed and her affection for Porco.
Porco treats himself to dinner at the Hotel Adriano, which is run by his friend Gina.Īt the hotel, the heads of the pirate gangs are contracting Curtis, an arrogant and ambitious American ace, to assist them in their next attacks. Porco Rosso, an Italian veteran World War I fighter ace and freelance bounty hunter, fends off an attack on a ferry liner by airborne pirates.
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GKIDS re-issued the movie on Blu-ray & DVD on Novemunder a new deal with Studio Ghibli, and was later re-issued on Ultra HD Blu-ray by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in 2019, as well as a release on Prime Video. Once called Marco Pagot (Marco Rossolini in the American version), he is now known to the world as "Porco Rosso", Italian for "Red Pig". However, an unusual curse has transformed him into an anthropomorphic pig. The plot revolves around an Italian World War I ex-fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Japan Airlines and the Nippon Television Network and distributed by Toho. The film stars the voices of Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio Ōtsuka. It is based on Hikōtei Jidai ("The Age of the Flying Boat"), a three-part watercolor manga by Miyazaki.
Crimson Pig) is a 1992 Japanese animated comedy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Ocean Waves Porco Rosso (Japanese: 紅の豚 Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta, lit.