1) How old was Linda Ohama’s grandmother when Linda Discovered her secret?
She was 100 years old.
2) Why did Asayo Murakami emigrate to Canada? (What is a “picture bird”?)
She emigrated to Canada to get married but ended up working so she could pay back the money for transportation that the former groom paid for her. A picture bride is when a pride and a groom is paired using only pictures and family recommendations.
3) What secret did Linda Ohama discover about her grandmother, Asayo Murakami?
She leaned that Obachan’s husband took the kid and left her to work and live inside the walls of the Imperial Palace.
4) What are some good things about Obaachan?
She brings beauty wherever she goes. For example, rather than planting vegetables in the garden she planted colorful flowers.
5) What makes it seem that Asayo Murakami was not an ideal parent?
She wasn’t home for the most part so the children felt lonely and didn’t get enough love and time from her.
6) What is the most beautiful, touching scene in the film?
The part when Obaachan and Chieco reunites for the first time in 75 years in the garden where everyone replanted the flowers.
7) If you were to make a film about a family member, who would you choose and why?
I would choose my father because he has a free and interesting life. Until he married my mother he had traveled the world lived, in many countries, and did many different kinds of jobs.
