In Popular Culture
The Manchu language was spoken in the film War of the Arrows. Ryoo Seung-ryong, cast in the role of Jyushinta, and Moon Chae-won, who played Choi Ja-in, speak Manchu often in the film.
In Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now" the Chinese Emperor who speaks only Manchu must eat silently at a stately dinner in London given in the Emperor's honor, as nobody at the table is able to interpret Manchu into English (only Manchu into Chinese).
Read more about this topic: Manchu Language
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