▁ ▁( The ▁Island ▁of ▁the ▁Fish er w omen ) ▁( 1 9 6 0 ). ▁A ▁few ▁images ▁shot ▁by ▁Mar ain i ' s ▁crew ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁production . ▁It ▁was ▁fil med ▁entirely ▁in ▁Japan ▁and ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁as ▁D iving ▁Girls ▁of ▁Japan ▁and ▁The ▁D iving ▁Girls ' ▁Island . ▁ ▁Release ▁and ▁reception ▁This ▁film ▁was ▁screen ed ▁only ▁for ▁adult s . ▁In ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁shown ▁as ▁a ▁double ▁feature ▁along ▁with ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁Sh apes ▁of ▁a ▁Fem ale . ▁Jas per ▁Sh arp ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁book ▁Be hind ▁the ▁p ink ▁cur tain , ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁stood ▁" as ▁a ▁fasc in ating ▁visual ▁document ▁of ▁a ▁city ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁major ▁transition ". ▁The ▁ 6 3 - min ute ▁film ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁DVD ▁for ▁The ▁Not orious ▁Conc ub ines . ▁While ▁review ing ▁the ▁feature , ▁Douglas ▁Pr att ▁called ▁the ▁sound ▁quality ▁" ok ay " ▁and ▁the ▁picture ▁" tol er able ". ▁The ▁Real ist ▁critic ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁" short ▁bore ". ▁DVD ▁Ver dict ▁called ▁it ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁National ▁Geographic ▁and ▁native ▁Japanese ▁styles ▁and ▁" aw ash ▁with ▁sc rap es , ▁d irt , ▁and ▁highly ▁ir rit ating ▁editing ▁j umps ". ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 6 3 ▁films ▁Category : American