 As it turned out, the film was released without any cuts, a sign, Bhandit said, that Thai society was maturing.The film was submitted by Thailand for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Subsequent films, the CGI-heavy "The Tigress of King River", the science fiction film, "Ukkabat" ("Meteor") and the swashbuckling period film, "The Magnificent Five" generated neither controversy nor critical acclaim.