Howls Moving Castle
Porco Rosso
Porco Rosso
Studio Ghibli Film · 1992

Porco Rosso

紅の豚 · Kurenai no buta

theatersHayao Miyazaki 94/100 RT schedule93 min
Family Comedy Animation

Production info

Original title紅の豚Kurenai no buta
FamilyComedyAnimation
Director Hayao Miyazaki
Producer Toshio Suzuki
Release year 1992
Runtime (minutes) 93

Porco Rosso, known in Japan as Crimson Pig (Kurenai no Buta) is the sixth animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and released in 1992. You're introduced to an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing 'air pirates' in the Adriatic Sea. He has been given a curse that changed his head to that of a pig. Once called Marco Pagot, he is now known to the world as 'Porco Rosso', Italian for 'Red Pig.'

Ratings & achievements

Rotten Tomatoes 94/100
Worldwide box office $1458536
Budget $9200000.00

Box-office ranking 15/19 among Studio Ghibli films with available data.

Rotten Tomatoes score ranking 8/22.

Species (1)

Runtime vs other Ghibli films

Porco Rosso runs 93 minutes — shorter than the Ghibli average (106 minutes). 15/22 other Ghibli films are longer.

Same director: Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki directed 9 Studio Ghibli films (including Porco Rosso):

Film Year Director RT Box office
Castle in the Sky 1986 Hayao Miyazaki 95 $6218229
My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 93 $30327833
Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 Hayao Miyazaki 96 $10403278
Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 92 $170333762
Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 97 $358380478
Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki 87 $241145634
Ponyo 2008 Hayao Miyazaki 92 $205906593
The Wind Rises 2013 Hayao Miyazaki 89 $136865366

Films from the same decade 1990s

Film Year Director RT Box office
Only Yesterday 1991 Isao Takahata 100 $608562
Pom Poko 1994 Isao Takahata 78 $1279218
Whisper of the Heart 1995 Yoshifumi Kondō 91 $4420615
Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 92 $170333762
My Neighbors the Yamadas 1999 Isao Takahata 75 $22261

Films sharing the same genre

Films sharing genre (Family, Comedy, Animation) with Porco Rosso:

Film Year Director RT Box office
My Neighbors the Yamadas 1999 Isao Takahata 75 $22261
My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 93 $30327833
Ponyo 2008 Hayao Miyazaki 92 $205906593
Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 97 $358380478
Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 Hayao Miyazaki 96 $10403278
Whisper of the Heart 1995 Yoshifumi Kondō 91 $4420615

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