One-off Kurosawa Hat Question

[drainer at mpinet.net]

It could just be a matter of personal style... British hats (as were the 
Greek fisherman caps) were made quite popular in the 1960s and still common 
today; keep your eyes open in any city center and you will notice.

Just an opinion from someone who wears many hats


-d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mccaskem at georgetown.edu>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: One-off Kurosawa Hat Question


> It does seem that Kurosawa wore a hat like John Ford's - in fact actually, 
> a hat from
> John Ford himself, perhaps even worn by John Ford, and spontaneously 
> handed
> over, as some kind of gesture of friendship or esteem.
>
> http://andrewromano.tumblr.com/post/232113814/akira-kurosawa-c-1960-
> the-hat-and-sunglasses
>
> But it's a different kind of hat from the "Kurosawa Marine Hat," but quite 
> British,
> along the lines suggested by Prof. Martinez.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael McC
> GU