{"product_id":"porco-rosso-紅の豚-kurenai-no-buta-original-japanese-promotional-poster-1992-b2-size-51-73-cm-b102a-copy","title":"“Porco Rosso” \/ 「紅の豚」, Original Japanese Soundtrack Promotional Poster 1992, Artwork by Hayao Miyazaki, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) I354","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"286\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"189\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 promotional poster\u003c\/strong\u003e produced in 1992 for the official soundtrack release of Studio Ghibli’s \u003cstrong data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"285\"\u003ePorco Rosso \/ 「紅の豚」\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"288\" data-end=\"615\"\u003eIssued by \u003cstrong data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"353\"\u003eTokuma Japan Communications through Animage Records\u003c\/strong\u003e, the poster carries the soundtrack catalogue number \u003cstrong data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"420\"\u003eTKCA-30596\u003c\/strong\u003e. Rather than using the film’s principal theatrical artwork, it reproduces one of its most poignant images: the surviving photograph of \u003cstrong data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"614\"\u003eMarco Pagot before his transformation into Porco Rosso\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"636\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"636\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"814\"\u003eSet around the Adriatic Sea during the interwar years, \u003cem data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"706\"\u003ePorco Rosso\u003c\/em\u003e follows \u003cstrong data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"730\"\u003eMarco Pagot\u003c\/strong\u003e, a former Italian fighter ace mysteriously transformed into an anthropomorphic pig.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"1145\"\u003eNow known as \u003cstrong data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"844\"\u003ePorco Rosso\u003c\/strong\u003e, he earns a living as a freelance bounty hunter, protecting civilian aircraft from flamboyant seaplane pirates. His solitary existence is disrupted by the arrival of the ambitious American pilot \u003cstrong data-start=\"1040\" data-end=\"1057\"\u003eDonald Curtis\u003c\/strong\u003e and the spirited young engineer \u003cstrong data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1105\"\u003eFio Piccolo\u003c\/strong\u003e, who rebuilds Porco’s damaged aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1411\"\u003eBeneath its aerial adventure, the film is a reflective story of war, survivor’s guilt, lost youth, and emotional withdrawal. Porco’s closest connection is with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1307\" data-end=\"1322\"\u003eMadame Gina\u003c\/strong\u003e, an elegant singer and hotel proprietor who has already lost several aviators she loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1413\" data-end=\"1503\"\u003eThe film was written and directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1468\"\u003eHayao Miyazaki\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1502\"\u003eToshio Suzuki\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1505\" data-end=\"1625\"\u003eThe original score was composed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1556\"\u003eJoe Hisaishi\u003c\/strong\u003e, while \u003cstrong data-start=\"1564\" data-end=\"1579\"\u003eTokiko Kato\u003c\/strong\u003e, who voices Gina, performed the film’s songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1670\"\u003eThe principal Japanese voice cast includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"1814\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"1814\"\u003eShūichirō Moriyama as Porco Rosso \/ Marco Pagot\u003cbr data-start=\"1721\" data-end=\"1724\"\u003eTokiko Kato as Madame Gina\u003cbr data-start=\"1750\" data-end=\"1753\"\u003eAkemi Okamura as Fio Piccolo\u003cbr data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1784\"\u003eAkio Ōtsuka as Donald Curtis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1833\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1833\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1835\" data-end=\"1940\"\u003eThe poster centres on a delicately rendered, oval-framed illustration resembling an old sepia photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1942\" data-end=\"2045\"\u003eA group of young aviators and an elegantly dressed Gina pose beside an early aircraft bearing the name:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2047\" data-end=\"2060\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2047\" data-end=\"2060\"\u003e“Adriano”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2062\" data-end=\"2202\"\u003eIn the foreground stands the young human \u003cstrong data-start=\"2103\" data-end=\"2118\"\u003eMarco Pagot\u003c\/strong\u003e, his arms crossed and his features deliberately obscured by heavy black scribbling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2204\" data-end=\"2436\"\u003eThis detail reproduces the photograph displayed inside Gina’s Hotel Adriano. Marco has defaced his own face, symbolically rejecting the identity and idealistic youth he possessed before war, loss, and his unexplained transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2438\" data-end=\"2571\"\u003eBehind him, Gina and the other aviators appear untouched, preserving a vanished world of friendship, romance, and aviation adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2573\" data-end=\"2824\"\u003eThe soft monochrome linework and pale violet-brown wash give the image the character of a treasured photograph fading with age. Wide cream margins leave generous negative space around the composition, enhancing its nostalgic and contemplative quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2826\" data-end=\"2924\"\u003eThe dialogue printed vertically around the image comes from a conversation between Porco and Gina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2926\" data-end=\"2960\"\u003eThe red text at upper right reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2962\" data-end=\"3001\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2962\" data-end=\"3001\"\u003e「この店でひとつだけ気にくわねえのは\u003cbr data-start=\"2982\" data-end=\"2985\"\u003eあの写真をはずさねえことだ」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3003\" data-end=\"3014\"\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3016\" data-end=\"3113\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3016\" data-end=\"3113\"\u003e“There is only one thing I dislike about this place—you refuse to take down that photograph.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3115\" data-end=\"3141\"\u003eThe adjacent text replies:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3143\" data-end=\"3192\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3143\" data-end=\"3192\"\u003e「だめよ、破いちゃ\u003cbr data-start=\"3154\" data-end=\"3157\"\u003eマルコが人間だったころの\u003cbr data-start=\"3169\" data-end=\"3172\"\u003eたった一枚だけ残った写真なんだから」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3194\" data-end=\"3205\"\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3207\" data-end=\"3296\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3207\" data-end=\"3296\"\u003e“No, you must not tear it. It is the only photograph left from when Marco was human.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3298\" data-end=\"3321\"\u003eThe text at left reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3323\" data-end=\"3359\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3323\" data-end=\"3359\"\u003e「どうやったら あなたに\u003cbr data-start=\"3337\" data-end=\"3340\"\u003eかけられた魔法がとけるのかしらね」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3361\" data-end=\"3372\"\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3374\" data-end=\"3443\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3374\" data-end=\"3443\"\u003e“I wonder what it would take to break the spell placed upon you.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3445\" data-end=\"3648\"\u003eThese lines transform the poster from a simple soundtrack advertisement into a concise expression of the film’s emotional core: Gina remembers the man Marco once was, even as Porco attempts to erase him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3650\" data-end=\"3669\"\u003eThe Japanese title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3671\" data-end=\"3680\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3671\" data-end=\"3680\"\u003e「紅の豚」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3682\" data-end=\"3781\"\u003eappears in vivid red at the bottom, accompanied by a small flying-pig emblem and the Italian title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3783\" data-end=\"3800\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3783\" data-end=\"3800\"\u003e“Porco Rosso”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3802\" data-end=\"3882\"\u003eThe lower-left corner carries the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3836\" data-end=\"3855\"\u003eAnimage Records\u003c\/strong\u003e logo and catalogue number:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3884\" data-end=\"3898\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3884\" data-end=\"3898\"\u003eTKCA-30596\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3900\" data-end=\"4151\"\u003eThe result is an unusually refined Studio Ghibli promotional design, combining Miyazaki’s expressive drawing, character history, and carefully selected dialogue within a poster that feels closer to a personal memory than conventional film advertising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4153\" data-end=\"4166\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4153\" data-end=\"4166\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4168\" data-end=\"4349\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4168\" data-end=\"4192\"\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e A highly attractive and well-preserved example, retaining delicate linework, clean cream areas, strong red typography, and excellent overall display impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4351\" data-end=\"4471\"\u003eThere are only light signs of age and handling consistent with an original Japanese promotional poster from this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4473\" data-end=\"4493\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4473\" data-end=\"4493\"\u003eReference: I354.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4495\" data-end=\"4573\"\u003ePlease review the photograph carefully, as it shows the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4575\" data-end=\"4706\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"4586\" data-end=\"4674\"\u003eoriginal Japanese promotional poster produced for the film’s 1992 soundtrack release\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a reproduction or reprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4708\" data-end=\"4749\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4708\" data-end=\"4749\"\u003eIt is now approximately 34 years old.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4751\" data-end=\"4792\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4751\" data-end=\"4792\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57098846110074,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-07-23T093526.202.jpg?v=1784766937","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/porco-rosso-%e7%b4%85%e3%81%ae%e8%b1%9a-kurenai-no-buta-original-japanese-promotional-poster-1992-b2-size-51-73-cm-b102a-copy","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}