Akira Kurosawa scholar David Desser and critic Manny Farber, among others, state that "Red Harvest" was the inspiration for Kurosawa's film "Yojimbo". Other scholars, such as Donald Richie, believe the similarities are coincidental. Kurosawa said that a major source for the plot was the "film noir" classic "The Glass Key" (1942), an adaption of Hammett's 1931 novel of the same name. In "Red Harvest", "The Glass Key", and "Yojimbo", corrupt officials and businessmen stand behind and profit from the rule of gangsters. Other films based on "Yojimbo" include Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" and Walter Hill's "Last Man Standing".