One-off Kurosawa Hat Question

Dolores Martinez dm6 at soas.ac.uk
Fri Jan 7 04:40:25 EST 2011


Just found a still -- a little larger than the British or Kurosawa version,
but similar, no?  Try:
http://www.jessecollins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/the-quiet-man-shot.jpg
or just type The Quiet Man and click images on Google.
Lola

On 7 January 2011 09:32, Dolores Martinez <dm6 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi, John Ford might have picked his up in the Ireland as he was proud of
> his Irish roots, just a thought.  Doesn't John Wayne wear one in a Quiet
> Man?  Lola
>
>
> On 6 January 2011 19:18, <mccaskem at georgetown.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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<http://andrewromano.tumblr.com/post/232113814/akira-kurosawa-c-1960-%0Athe-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
>>
>
>
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