Masao Okahara
Masao Okahara( April 1, 1909 – July 14, 1994) was the 8th Chief Justice of Japan( 1977 – 1979).
He was graduate of the University of Tokyo.
He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun.
Takaaki Hattori
Takaaki Hattori( October 1, 1912 – March 24, 1993) was the 9th Chief Justice of Japan( 1979 – 1982).
He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo.
He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun.
Edward Dmytryk
Edward Dmytryk( September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was a Canadian- born American film director.
He was known for his 1940s noir films and received an Oscar nomination for Best Director for" Crossfire"( 1947).
In 1947, he was named as one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who refused to testify to the House Un- American Activities Committee( HUAC) in their investigations during the McCarthy- era' Red scare'.
They all served time in prison for contempt of Congress.
In 1951, however, Dmytryk did testify to HUAC and rehabilitated his career.
First hired again by independent producer Stanley Kramer in 1952, Dmytryk is likely best known for directing" The Caine Mutiny"( 1954), a critical and commercial success.
The second- highest grossing film of the year, it was nominated for Best Picture and several other awards at the 1955 Oscars.
Dmytryk was nominated for a Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures.
Franziska Ehmcke
Franziska Ehmcke( born 1947) was a professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cologne and recipient of the Japanese order" Order of the Rising Sun."
She has been emeritus professor since 2015.
Shima (film)
Shima is a 2007 film from Uzbekistan.
Amaram
Amaram is a 1991 Indian Malayalam drama film directed by Bharathan and written by A. K. Lohithadas.
It stars Mammootty, Murali, Maathu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Ashokan, Chitra, and Kuthiravattam Pappu in the main roles.
The film's score is composed by Johnson while the songs are by Raveendran.
K. P. A. C. Lalitha won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Bhargavi.
And Mammotty won the Filmfare Awards South Best Actor Award for his role.
The film was a critical and commercial success.
Behind the Rising Sun (film)
Behind the Rising Sun is a 1943 American war film based on the 1941 book" Behind the Rising Sun" written by James R. Young.
Later- blacklisted Edward Dmytryk directed the film, and it stars Margo, Tom Neal, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Ryan and Gloria Holden.
Sophie and the Rising Sun (film)
Sophie and the Rising Sun is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Maggie Greenwald.
It is based on the 2001 novel" Sophie and the Rising Sun" by Augusta Trobaugh.
The film stars Julianne Nicholson, Takashi Yamaguchi, Margo Martindale, Diane Ladd, Lorraine Toussaint and Karen Wheeling Reynolds.
It was released in theaters on January 25, 2017 by Monterey Media.
A Kind of America
A Kind of America is a Hungarian comedy film from 2002.
Bharathan
Bharathan( 14 November 1946 – 30 July 1998) was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director.
Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed.
Known for his unconventional works, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest film makers in the Indian Film Industry of all time.
Bharathan is among one of the directors who revolutionised Malayalam Cinema.
A train of directors, and screenwriters followed this school onto the 1990s including Sibi Malayil, Kamal, Lohithadas and Jayaraj.
He was born at Engakkadu near Wadakkancherry, in present- day Thrissur district of Kerala, India.

Question: Are the directors of both films Amaram and Behind The Rising Sun (Film) from the same country?
Answer: no