Ozuś Late Spring

We were watching clips from Late Spring (1949) directed by Yasujiri Ozu who was considered as one of the "Big Three"postwar directors. I really think this very silent and plain films reflecting the poat war Japanese family issues, which is really resonable. The Character seems very attached to her father and demonstrated her filial respect to her father. She wanted to stay with her widowed father not to get married at the very begining. Through the conversation, we found that the arraged marriage will bring her happines from traditional point of view. It seems she had her ideal husband like American baseball play Dary Cooper. Itś surprisingly to see the conflicts between two generations, and Noriko finally subdued to Japanese tradtion to follow her fatherś advice to get married with someone arranged. Their thoughts and concepts about being happy is so simple as to stay with her father / or getting married and being a good wife instead of pursuing her own happiness. I wonder what exactly will make her happy. She probably doesn even know what happiness for her. She is living a life not for her, just for her family. How does she define the roles of being a woman? Is it just for reproduction, being mom and wife, or a filial daughter to her father? What bigger pictures did she see in her life rather than just being a women in Japan under the allied power occupation?