''Ama Girls'' is a 1958 American
short
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documentary film
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produced by
Ben Sharpsteen
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. It was part of Disney's
People & Places series. It won an
Oscar
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at the
31st Academy Awards
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in 1959 for
Documentary Short Subject.
It is also known as ''Japan Harvests the Sea''. It depicts the lives of ''
ama'' divers, Japanese women who dive for
pearls
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.
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1958 films
1958 documentary films
1950s short documentary films
Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
Disney documentary films
Films set in Japan
Fishing industry in Japan
Films produced by Ben Sharpsteen
Films produced by Walt Disney
Disney short films
CinemaScope films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
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