The samurai demon in the movie "Exhuma" is allegedly based on a Japanese samurai who beheaded 10,000 Koreans named Ukita Hideie.
Ukita Hideie (1572-1655) was a samurai and daimyō of the Bizen and Mimasaka regions. He was also a member of the Council of Five Elders (Gotairo) appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to guide his young son Toyotomi Hideyori.
Hideie was the son of Ukita Naoie who was a servant of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The 10-year-old Hideie succeeded his father as head of the Clan although political and military affairs were still taken care of by his uncle, Tadaie.
Hideie was also invited by Hideyoshi to Shikoku to fight Chosokabe Motochika and participated in the Siege of Odawara against Hojo Ujimasa.
One of the military operations that Hideie is remembered for was the invasion of Joseon Korea at the Siege of Jinju in 1593.
At that time Hideie threatened Jinju commander Kim Cheon-il to surrender, otherwise 10,000 Koreans would be beheaded. Kim said that Chinese Ming troops would come. But the Ming Chinese troops did not come. Hideie also beheaded the commoners.
Hideie lost the Battle of Sekigahara and was exiled to the island of Hachijō-jima far from mainland Japan. His brutality in Korea led to him being immortalized in the film Exhuma as a samurai jurig who was used as an iron peg to destroy Korean fengshui.
Author: Syifah Handayani
Editor: Ivan Fauzan
Reference:
Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.
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