Porco Rosso

NZ release: 18 July 1992

Low level of violence Rated on: 18 July 1992

Porco Rocco

What’s it about?

An ex-fighter ace is cursed to look like a pig, becomes a bounty hunter in the Adriatic Sea.

The facts

  • Directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro)
  • Japanese language or English dub
  • Runtime: 93 minutes
  • Animated film by Studio Ghibli (My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke)
  • Adapted from Miyazaki’s three-part manga series, Hikōtei Jidai

Why did it get this rating?

This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.

Violence

There is war violence. We see airplane dogfights and machine gun fights, grenades, and explosions.

Two characters get into a long fistfight, we see bruises and missing teeth.

There are scenes where characters are smoking.

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