the cause of great controversy in Portugal in 1991 after it aired on RTP. Some deemed it inappropriate even for the watershed slot, while others appreciated its airing. The film aired again on RTP2, almost unnoticed. Box office In France, the film sold 1,730,874 tickets, grossing approximately ($5,203,732). In Germany, where it was released in 1978, the film sold 693,628 tickets, grossing approximately ($2,446,050). Combined, the film sold 2,424,502 tickets and grossed approximately in France and Germany. Critical reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 86% based on 36 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.7 out of 10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Sexual taboos are broken and boundaries crossed In the Realm of the Senses, a fearlessly provocative psychosexual tale." See also Unsimulated sex Nudity in film (East Asian cinema since 1929) References Sources Kenny, Patrick T. M. (2007) Conflicting Legal and Cultural Conceptions of Obscenity in Japan: Hokusai's Shunga and Oshima Nagisa's "L'Empire des sens". Earlham College thesis Further reading Joan Mellen. L'Empire des sens. London: British Film Institute, 2004. External links In the Realm of the Senses: Some Notes on Oshima and Pornography an essay by Donald Richie at the Criterion Collection Nagisa Oshima on In the Realm of the Senses an essay by Nagisa Oshima at the Criterion Collection 1976 films 1970s erotic drama films Japanese erotic drama films French erotic drama films Japanese multilingual films French multilingual films 1970s Japanese-language films Drama films based on actual events Films about prostitution in Japan Films set in 1936 Films set in Tokyo Films shot in Japan Adultery in films BDSM in films 1976 multilingual films Censored films Obscenity controversies in film Necrophilia in film Films directed by Nagisa Ōshima Films produced by Anatole Dauman Cultural depictions of Sada Abe 1976 drama films Film controversies in the United Kingdom Film controversies in Australia Film controversies in France Film controversies in Germany Film controversies in Belgium Film controversies in Japan Film controversies in Portugal Film censorship in the United Kingdom Film censorship in Australia Film censorship in France Film censorship in Germany Film censorship in Belgium Film censorship in Japan Film censorship in Portugal Nudity in film 1970s Japanese films 1970s French films