Question: Are the directors of films Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance and Kamikaze 1989 both from the same country?

Park Chan-wook (born August 23, 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is best known for his films "Joint Security Area" (2000), "Thirst" (2009), "The Handmaiden" (2016) and what has become known as "The Vengeance Trilogy", consisting of "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (2002), "Oldboy" (2003) and "Lady Vengeance" (2005). He is also known for his English-language works "Stoker" (2013) and "The Little Drummer Girl" (2018), a television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré. His films have gained notoriety for their immaculate framing, black humor and often brutal subject matters. <SEP> Gremm was born in Freiburg i m Breisgau in 1942. In the 1960s, he studied German literature, psychology, sociology and theater. After graduation, he studied film direction at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and directed his first feature film "Ich dachte, ich wär tot" in 1973. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he produced several feature films. Wolf Gremm (26 February 1942 – 14 July 2015) was a German film director and screenwriter. His greatest success was the 1980 film "Fabian" based on a novel by German author Erich Kästner. This film was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. He was a close friend of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who also starred in Gremm's 1982 film "Kamikaze 1989". This film was his last feature film; he then worked solely for television. <SEP> The Vengeance Trilogy is a series of three films," Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance"( 2002)," Oldboy"( 2003), and" Lady Vengeance"( 2005), directed by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan- wook. Each deals with the themes of revenge, ethics, violence, and salvation. The films are not narratively connected and were dubbed a trilogy by international critics because of their thematic links. The trilogy is considered a revision of the European revenge tradition set in the XXIst century globalization's traumas in South Korea. In the United Kingdom, Tartan Films released the box set of the three films on DVD. In the United States, Vivendi Entertainment released the same set. <SEP> Oldboy is a 2003 South Korean neo- noir action thriller film co-written and directed by Park Chan- wook. It is based on the Japanese comic of the same name written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi. " Oldboy" is the second installment of" The Vengeance Trilogy", preceded by" Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" and followed by" Lady Vengeance". The film follows the story of Oh Dae -su, who is imprisoned in a cell which resembles a hotel room for 15 years without knowing the identity of his captor or his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae- su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls in love with an attractive young sushi chef. The film won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and high praise from the President of the Jury, director Quentin Tarantino. The film has been well received by critics in the United States, with film critic Roger Ebert stating that" Oldboy" is a" powerful film not because of what it depicts, but because of the depths of the human heart which it strips bare". It has been listed among the best films of the 2000s in several publications. An American remake of the same name directed by Spike Lee was released in 2013. <SEP> It stars Rainer Werner Fassbinder as a detective investigating a string of bombings that lead to a corporate media conspiracy. Kamikaze 1989 is a 1982 West German cyberpunk thriller film co-written and directed by Wolf Gremm, based on the 1964 novel "Murder on the Thirty-First Floor" by Per Wahlöö. At the Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto, Fantasporto, for 1984, the film won the Critic's Award and received a nomination for the International Fantasy Film Award. <SEP> Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (lit. " The film follows a young man trying to earn enough money for his sister's kidney transplant and the path of vengeance that follows. Vengeance Is Mine") is a 2002 South Korean action thriller film directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook. It is the first film in Chan-wook's "Vengeance Trilogy" and is followed by "Oldboy" (2003) and "Lady Vengeance" (2005).