Porco Rosso
NZ release: 18 July 1992
Low level of violence Rated on: 18 July 1992
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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