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The Abalone Gals

South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playland and the girls, who had been abalone divers, now become geisha, and the old ways of the island are all topsy-turvy. One of the girls, more sensitive than the rest, sees that here, too, people are motivated only by greed and decides to leave and try to find a better life elsewhere.

1h 25m1965

Japanese

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Storyline

South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playland and the girls, who had been abalone divers, now become geisha, and the old ways of the island are all topsy-turvy. One of the girls, more sensitive than the rest, sees that here, too, people are motivated only by greed and decides to leave and try to find a better life elsewhere.

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Original title
ちんころ海女っこ
Status
Released
Released
26 June 1965
Runtime
1h 25m

Production

Director
Yoichi Maeda
Studios
Shochiku
Countries
Japan

Languages

Original
Japanese
Spoken
Japanese