- HD 1080
- Runtime: 127m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: tl
- Country: Philippines
- Director: Lino Brocka
- Stars: Bembol Roco, Hilda Koronel, Lou Salvador Jr., Tommy Abuel, Lily Gamboa Mendoza
- keywords: worker, slum, loss of loved one, brothel, male prostitution, poverty, construction site, lgbt, manila philippines, rent boy, gay theme
- Production_studio: Cinema Artists
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Manila in the Claws of Light is featured in the top rankings of 1975
- #23 in Top Drama Movies of 1975
- #4 in Top Mystery Movies of 1975
Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.