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Porco Rosso

94 minutes 1992 7.7

Deep in the forest live the Tanukis, a very special breed of magical raccoons who can transform into almost anything - even humans. They live their lives in the hustle and bustle, but their harmonious existence is threatened when the development of a nearby big city reaches their territory. Something has to happen, soon there will be no more forest left! They come up with a cunning plan to scare away the builders with funny pranks, but the fearless warrior Gonta is impatient: He wants war.

Porco Rosso, which was Miyazaki's fourth film for Studio Ghibli, was originally planned as a 45-minute short for Japan Air Lines. But of course, it didn't take long for Miyazaki's well-known love of airplanes and the romance of the air to take over and the story grew to feature length. The result has been a nostalgic adventure film that can perhaps best be described as a breezy mix of Hemingway and Cardamom City - in other words, it's embraced broadly, with plenty to enjoy for both young and old!

The film is not playable outside of Norway
Original title: Kurenai no buta
Category: Feature Film
Genre: Animation
Actors: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Akemi Okamura, Akio Otsuka, Hiroko Seki, Reizo Nomoto, Osamu Saka, Yû Shimaka
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer: Toshio Suzuki
Company: Studio Ghibli
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Script: Hayao Miyazaki
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese