AMASAN: WOMEN OF THE SEA (trailer)

The documentary film, Amasan, will look at the dying art of the Amasan, or Sea Women of Shirahama, Japan women who plumb the depths of the ocean for prized abalone, a culinary delicacy. Diving together for decades, these women have formed a tightly-knit bond, as well as a business co-operative, providing economic security for their husbands and families. Hardly the timid, self-effacing stereotype of the Japanese female, these women embody a courage and spirit rarely portrayed in films about women in Japan. The objective of this film is to celebrate the brazen spirit of these seven Ama, and to bring their inspirational stories to an international audience. At a time when the pressures of globalization and environmental degradation have wreaked havoc on the fishing industry worldwide, these women and their inherently balanced, almost sacred relationship with the sea serve as a metaphor for a way of life fast disappearing. Its a film that celebrates growing old while embracing the beauty, camaraderie and longevity of female friendship, defined by lives lived mostly underwater and the freedom that they find beneath the sea.

www.balmaidenfilms.com

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• Balmaiden Films
• Japanese
• female
• woman
• diving
• abalone
• Amasan
• Sea
• Shirahama
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[Derukugi2]

@heomak

Its a long way from learning "how to swim" to dive like these old gals do.

[KiraMiri]

These women are amazing.

[heomak]

this makes me wanna learn how to swim..i can swim somewhat but not really...as funny as that sounds.