In the wake of the 1923 earthquake that devastated Tokyo, 25-year-old Asayo Murakami left Japan—and her husband and two children—to resettle in Canada. Using dramatizations, newsreel footage, family photos, and interviews with 103-year-old Asayo—Obachan, or Grandmother, as her extended Canadian family calls her—this program traces one woman’s tumultuous life story. From her early years in Japan, to her arrival in British Columbia as a mail-order bride, to her internment during World War II, to a reunion with a long-lost daughter, Obachan’s remarkable personal story illustrates the Asian immigrant experience during the 20th century. (95 minutes)