When KUROSAWA was once asked, " Isn't Yojinbo actually Red Harvest?" he admitted, "Not only is it Red Harvest but I use HAMMETT's ideas so much that I should have really put his name in the credits."
それは黒澤本人が「用心棒は血の収穫」ですよね？」という問いに「血の収穫」だけじゃなくて、本当はクレジットにきちんと名前を出さないといけないぐらいハメット（のアイデア）を使ってる」と認めている。