“カッコイイとは、こういうことさ。”
飛行艇を操る空賊が横行していた、第一次大戦後のイタリアはアドリア海。賞金稼ぎの飛行艇乗りであるポルコ・ロッソは、空賊たちには天敵の存在。自分の顔を魔法で豚に変えてしまったポルコを何とかやっつけたいと一計を案じた空賊たちは、アメリカからスゴ腕の飛行艇乗りを呼び寄せ、彼に一騎打ちを迫る。
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製作費: $9,200,000 (14億円)
興行収入: $44,600,000 (67億円)
推定収支: $35,400,000 (53億円)
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監督: 宮崎駿
脚本: 宮崎駿
音楽: 久石譲
制作: Sokai Tokuma / 鈴木敏夫 / 徳間康快
撮影監督: 奥井敦
制作会社: Studio Ghibli / TOHO / Tokuma Shoten / Nibariki / Mitsubishi / Nippon Television Network Corporation
On the face of it, this is just another sublimely drawn Ghibli effort about a cursed creature - this time a pig - that flies a seaplane around the islands of 1930s Italy chasing air-pirates. Once you get in to it, though, it develops into a really cleverly woven story that offers us layers of characterisation from even this simplest of it's characters. The "pig" is sagely, cunning and adept as a pilot, frequently coming to the rescue of those kidnapped... He has a rival - the handsome American "Donald Curtis" who is out to steal not just his crown, but his gal! What ensues is an adventure film with loads of action; an healthy and lively dose of what might loosely be described as romance; plenty of pithily written dialogue and some beautiful animation. The story can be straightforward, but there is plenty of depth to the plot if you feel like looking for it. We are never explicitly told why he has been cursed, nor does the ending necessarily offer us complete satisfaction either - though it does come at then end of quite a fun duel between the two fliers. A lot of what we get from this film will depend on what we notice - there are plenty of subtleties to be had that are probably more obvious and/or meaningful on the second or even the third time of watching. "Howl's Moving Castle" (much later from 2004) is still my favourite from this studio, but this is a close run second and really well worth a watch - on a big screen if you can, this brings out the vivacity and vitality of this superior animated feature.
