Luzon Sukezaemon

was a Japanese merchant from the port of Sakai, who traded shimamono pottery in Japan from Luzon in the Philippines and later emigrated to Cambodia in the final years of the 16th century.

He became successful and wealthy in the South Seas trade, particularly from selling shimamono pottery from Luzon to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and other powerful lords.

Sukezaemon built himself a lavish house in Sakai and lived a rather luxurious lifestyle for several years before attracting the attention and the ire of Hideyoshi.

In 1598, the warlord accused the merchant on bogus charges, and confiscated all his possessions; Sukezaemon entrusted his home to his family's temple, the Daian-ji, and fled Japan for Cambodia.

[citation needed] Was portrayed by Toshiro Mifune in the 1963 film The Great Bandit (aka The Lost World of Sinbad).