Ama Girls
1958 film
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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.
Directed byBen Sharpsteen
Written byDwight Hauser
Produced byBen Sharpsteen
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Distributed byBuena Vista
| Ama Girls | |
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| Directed by | Ben Sharpsteen |
| Written by | Dwight Hauser |
| Produced by | Ben Sharpsteen Walt Disney |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista |
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Running time | 29 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |