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{{Infobox film
| name = Souls Protest
| caption = DVD cover
| native_name = {{Film name
| hangul =
| hanja =
| rr = Sara-inneun ryeonghondul
| mr = Sara-innn rynghondl
| context = north}}
| image = Souls Protest.jpg
| director = Merited Artiste Kim Chun Song
| writer = Ko Won Kil
Kim Yong Sik
| starring = Merited Actor Kim Chol
Kim Ryon Hwa
Merited Actor Ri Yong Ho
| cinematography = Merited Artiste Han So Yong
| editing = Jong Yong Sim
| music = People's Artiste So Jong Kon
| studio = Korean Film Studio
| distributor = Mokran Video
Korean Film Export & Import Corporation
| released =
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = North Korea
| language = Korean
}}
'Souls Protest' is a 2000 North Korean film directed by Kim Chun-song. 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. It has been dubbed as "Korea's 'Titanic'".Parry, Richar Lloyd. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/asia-times-korea-rallys-round-kim-jong-iis-titanic-tale-of-slave-ship-sinking-666857.html "Asia Times: Korea rallys round Kim Jong II's 'Titanic' tale of slave ship sinking"]. 'The Independent', 24 August 2001. Retrieved on 27 October 2008.
'Souls Protest' was imported to South Korea by Narai Film, a Seoul-based film trader, and was approved for release after five minutes of footage was cut which showed jubilant Koreans crediting Kim Il-sung with liberating Korea from Japanese colonial rule. The film was shown intact, however, for its Seoul premiere on 24 August 2001, the 56th anniversary of the incident. One survivor of the incident, Lee Chul-woo, said of the film: "I didn't like the propaganda stuff about Kim Il Sung... But the scene about the explosion was so real, and it is laudable for North Korea to make a movie about this incident."Choe, Sang-Hun. [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010825&slug=koreaboat25 "Payment, film revive WWII ship tragedy"] . 'The Seattle Times', 25 August 2001. Retrieved on 27 October 2008.
'Souls Protest' was later screened at the 2003 Jeonju International Film Festival.Kim Tae-jong. [http://www.hancinema.net/north-korean-film-on-tokto-to-screen-2597.html "North Korean Film on Tokto to Screen"] . 'HanCinema', 12 April 2005; originally published by 'The Korea Times'. Retrieved on 27 October 2008.
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* [http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55a/173.html "Korean Titanic Amazes Moscow And Hong Kong Audience; To Be Exported to West"] . 'People's Korea', 25 July 2001. Retrieved on 27 October 2008.
* Rajpal, Minita. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/07/i_ia.04.html "North Korean Film Inspires Emotions, Questions"] . 'CNN.com', 7 September 2001. Retrieved on 27 October 2008.
* Cho, Grace M.. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cufPrRiM43sC&pg=PA152 "Voices from the 'teum': Synesthetic truma and the ghosts of the Korean diaspora"]. 'The Affective Turn', pp. 151169. Duke University Press, 2007. .
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