The film is an epic dramatisation of the Ukishima Maru incident in which hundreds of Koreans were killed when the ship was sunk by a mysterious explosion, and supports the Korean view that the explosion was deliberately set off by the ship's Japanese crew.
This view was illustrated in the 2001 North Korean film Souls Protest.
Kobayashi Maru | Sei-Kyo Maru | Mara Maru | Asama Maru | Ukishima Maru | ''Saikyo-maru'' | Rajesh Maru | Piper Maru | Nisshin Maru | MS ''Kosei Maru'' | ''Mochizuki'' (bottom) and seaplane tender Japanese seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru | Maru a Pula School | Maru | Kogarasu Maru | ''Kiyokawa Maru'' | Kankoh-maru | Kaiketsu Lion-Maru | Hikawa Maru | Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision |