Porco Rosso
Kurenai no Buta
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Anime Poster
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| Country
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 Japan
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| Directed by
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Hayao Miyazaki
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| Release Date
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July 18, 1992
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| Language
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Japanese
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| Main Cast
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| Character
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Actor
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| Porco Rosso / Marco Pagot
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Shuichiro Moriyama
Michael Keaton (English)
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| Donald Curtis
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Akio Ōtsuka
Cary Elwes (English)
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| Madame Gina
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Tokiko Kato
Susan Egan (English)
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| Fio Piccolo
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Akemi Okamura
Kimberly Williams-Paisley (English)
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Porco Rosso (Japanese: 紅の豚, Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta, lit. Crimson Pig) is the sixth film from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. At the end of the 1920s, during the reign of the Italian fascists, the Pig-headed pilot Porco Rosso, a veteran of the First World War, fought for peace in the sky around the Mediterranean as a bounty hunter. On his travels, he teamed up with the talented mechanic Fio Piccolo. When Porco Rosso is challenged to a duel by a boastful pilot, a fight begins that will forever change the lives of the two flying aces.
The following weapons were used in the anime film Porco Rosso:
Pistols
Beretta M1923
Two Italian Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (Italian for "Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism") secret police officers can be seen with low-detailed Beretta M1923 pistols during the take off in the channel.
Beretta M1923 - 9x19mm Glisenti
The left officers start firing their Berettas at Porco's plane.
Glisenti Model 1910
The third secret police officer seems to be armed with a Glisenti Model 1910 pistol.
Glisenti Model 1910 - 9mm Glisenti
The right officer behind the wall fires his pistol. Note the shape of it.
Mauser C96
One of the Air Pirates that confronts Porco and Fio carries a Mauser C96.
The pirate on the far left holds his Mauser pistol.
Revolvers
Colt Single Action Army
Several pirates carry Single Action Army revolvers.
Single Action Army with 5.5" barrel aka "Artillery" model with wooden grips - .45 Long Colt
A pirate leaning out from the planes' cockpit fires his SAA in the air.
The SAA is seen on the belt of the left pirate.
One of the pirates keeps a Single Action Army tucked in his waistband next to a Webley revolver.
Webley Mk VI
The Webley Mk VI revolvers are also used by pirates.
Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley
An off-screen pirate to the right threatens Porco with his Webley.
The pirate behind Fio wields a Webley revolver.
Smith & Wesson Schofield
The American pilot Donald Curtis owns a Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver what he uses during the flying duel.
Smith & Wesson Schofield - .45 caliber
A laughing Curtis holds his empty S&W while flying his plane.
After making his statement clear, he is about to break it.
The opened revolver in his hand; the ejected spend casings flying out.
He reloads it with loose rounds.
Submachine Guns
Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II
A Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II submachine gun is seen in the hands of one pirate. The appearance of the MP28 seems to be correct since the movie's plot takes place in the late 1920s (1929 to be precise if you look at Porco's "Mare Blu Cinema" magazine at the beginning).
Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Submachine Gun - 9mm
The pirate on the left cheers with his submachine gun.
A look at the barrel with the sling attached to it.
Another MP28 seen carried by one pirate on the right.
The shouldered MP28 allows a view of the magazine's bottom.
Rifles
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
A pair of Air Pirates carry Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles which have many characteristics from Miyazaki's 1986 movie Castle in the Sky. The SMLEs are equipped with Lee-Enfield No. 4 muzzles and (sometimes) with Lange Visier rear sights from Gewehr 1898.
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1 - .303 British
Mauser Gewehr 98 - 7.92x57mm
An overview of a hybrid SMLE on the left with equipped
Lange Visier rear sight.
The SMLE held by one pirate looking at the incoming Fio.
Another SMLE on the left lacks the magazine.
Mauser Rifle
Other pirates are seen with Mauser rifles with turned-down bolt handles, under-barrel sling swivels, and hooded front sights. These, however, cannot be precisely identified.
For comparison: Karabiner 98b - 7.92x57mm Mauser
For comparison: Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser.
Porco being surrounded by a crowd of pirates. The muzzle of two Mauser rifles are seen on the right.
The hooded front sight and under-barrel mounted sling swivel can be seen.
In the background, a Mauser rifle is raised to the air.
Two more Mauser rifles which show the front sights and the turned bolt handle.
Aircraft Machine Guns
Custom Maxim lMG 08
Porco purchases an Aircraft Pattern MG08 Maxim with a custom barrel jacket for his red Savoia S.21 lane in the Milan gunshop. He is offered some special armor-piercing rounds for it, what he refused.
The custom modified Maxim gun is ready to be picked up on the workbench.
Porco picks up the gun what gives a view of the barrel.
He examines the Maxim's action.
Fio opens up the weapons' hatch of Porco's plane.
Chosen rounds set and lined up on the table.
Vickers Aircraft
Several Vickers Aircraft Machine Guns are seen mounted on fighter planes throughout the film.
Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun - .303 British
The twin-mounted Vickers on a plane.
A closer view of the Vickers ejecting port.
Lewis Aircraft Gun
The Pirates' fictional aircraft "DaboHaze" is outfitted with a Aircraft Mounted Lewis Gun.
Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun - .303 British
The rear-gunner disturbed by the child hostages mans the Lewis Gun.
The gunner opens fire above the children's heads.
He reloads the gun while ridiculing by the kids.
Fiat-Revelli M1914
Macchi M.5 single-seat fighter flying boats are armed with air-cooled Fiat-Revelli M1914 machine guns. This type of plane was also armed with British Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun.
Fiat-Revelli M14 aircraft machine gun - 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano
An untransformed Marco Pagot watches the sky, while the small Fiat muzzle can be seen mounted in Berlini's Macchi in the background.
Maxim lMG 08/15
During Porco's memories of a dogfight in the Summer of 1918, some Austro-Hungarian Hansa Brandeburg CC aircrafts can also be seen with fixed lMG 08/15 machine guns.
Maxim lMG 08/15 Air-Cooled - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Hansa Brandeburg CC with their Maxims. Note the stepped rear part what distinguishes from an lMG08.
Unknown
Curtis' plane is equipped with crankable machine guns.
Machine Guns
Maxim MG08
One of the pirates is briefly seen carrying a heavy Maxim MG08 machine gun.
Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
The happy pirate on the right brings his Maxim MG into the scramble.
Madsen
A light Madsen machine gun can be seen held by one pirate.
Portuguese Madsen machine gun - 7.92x57mm
The pirate makes space for Fio.
Lewis Gun
Infantry Lewis Guns are also used by a few pirates.
A Lewis gun on a pirates' back.
Another pirate holds his Lewis outside the cockpit.
The bipod is seen on the left.
A perfect view of the top part including the magazine.
Other Weapons
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Many Model 24 Stielhandgranates are seen in the movie.
Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
On the left, a top view of one stick grenade.
A child fans a found grenade on the pirates' plane.
A pirate shows the crowd to calm down with his grenades.
Aircraft cannon
A large cannon that appears to be a very chunkily-rendered Solothurn S-18 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle given the stock, sight and side-loading, appears mounted on one of the pirates' planes. It loads using some kind of stripper clip arrangement rather than its usual box magazine, and the barrel and rounds are scaled up to the point it resembles a small tank gun.
Solothurn S-18/1000 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle - 20x138mmB (Solothurn Long)
The cannon being fired by one of the pirates.
Capo inserts a new stripper clip.
He stands with the dismounted cannon to engage Porco.
Note it has the Solothurn S-18's canted front sight.
Milan gun shop
Several mortars including a 25cm schwerer Minenwerfer.
See also
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