Ama Girls

Ama Girls
Ama Girls
	Yugoslav poster
Directed by	Ben Sharpsteen
Written by	Dwight Hauser
Produced by	Ben Sharpsteen; Walt Disney
Distributed by	Buena Vista
Release date	July 9, 1958;
Running time	29 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated December 29, 2025

Ama Girls is a 1958 American short documentary film produced by Ben Sharpsteen. The short was part of Disney's People & Places series and depicts the lives of ama divers, Japanese women who dive for pearls.^[1] Ama Girls won an Oscar at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959 for Documentary Short Subject.^[2] It is also known as Japan Harvests the Sea.

References

↑ "Ama Girls".
↑ "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

External links

Ama Girls at IMDb
Ama Girls at Disney A to Z

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[1] "Ama Girls".

[Oscars1959-2] "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

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