Sakura In A Hug: Liem Swie King's Action Playing A Movie About Exchanged Babies

Former national badminton player who once entered the world of the big screen in the film Sakura Dalam Hug, Liem Swie King. (Special)

JAKARTA - The appearance of Liem Swie King in the phenomenal badminton world. His actions on the badminton field often make the opponent's guts shrink. His smash undermined the dominance of world-class badminton players. Likewise, his acting.

The results were brilliant. King became Jawara All England 1978-1979. He got the fame. The Indonesian side idolizes him. The opportunity then brought King to try the new world as a film star. He plays a film about the exchange of babies.Sakura in arms (1979)," he said.

No one knows about fate. In fact, fate is sometimes present in a bracket or where PT Djarum's cigarettes are rolled out. Saban in the afternoon brak, which is now on Jalan Lukmonohadi number 35, Kudus City, is used as a badminton field.

Those who played were employees of the cigarette factory from Kudus since 1969. In fact, not only factory employees who were enthusiastic about training, but local residents. Local residents were also happy. Liem Swie King is one of them. They often play together in the afternoon.

Instead of just playing, King also participated in preparing badminton fields. From sweeping the field and cleaning up tobacco waste. King also considered that activity was always fun. He also played badminton with joy. At first, no one thought King's talent developed to a more serious stage.

Indonesian badminton legend, Liem Swie King. (pbdjarum.org)

Then, King was able to register his name as the National Champion of badminton in 1974. He was only 18 years old at that time. This achievement made King eyed by the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI). King began to enter the National Training Center (Pelatnas) badminton in March 1976.

Since then King's career began to shine. He is often favored. That trust was paid for completely by King. He was able to win in the most prestigious badminton championship celebration in his era, All England in 1978.

The celebration also made a blow to his smash (The King's smash) discussed by badminton fans around the world. Moreover, King managed to become the winner of the back, All England in 1979.

He appeared in the national arena at the right time when Rudi Hartono's achievements began to decline. Became the national champion at the age of 18 in 1974. King entered the badminton Pelatnas in March 1976. Participating in the Asian Championships that same year, he then accompanied various other international championships.

All England, Thomas Cup, Swedish Open Championships, SEA Games Championships. Several times he defeated Rudy Hartono in the domestic championship. Rudy also had to be defeated in the final when he won the All England champion for the first time, 1978-1979. King is known as a complete badminton player. His stroke is complete, his smash is hard, his speed is agile, and his netting is sharp and smooth," wrote the book What & Who Are Some Indonesians 1983-1984 (1984).

The victory back to back in All England made King at the peak of his career as a badminton player. However, King was not disciplined. He was late for Sea Games X in 1979. As a result, his opponent, Lee Hai Thong from Singapore, won thewalk over (WO). Meanwhile, King had to receive a reward for being suspended by PBSI for not playing for three months.

The prohibition in fact did not kill King's popularity. Instead, he got a lot of offers from off the field. King was even proposed to become a film star. The opportunity to try out the new world was not wasted by him.

King then became the main character in the film directed by Fritz G. Schadt.Sakura in arms (1979) became the title of the film. He also played with famous Indonesian stars such as Eva Arnaz, Ida Leman, and Awang Darmawan.

Work as a film star is considered King challenging. Alias is not easy. He learned many things and lived his role with joy. The film tells the story of Narto (King) who is good friends with Japanese youth Akira (Awang Darmawan) because he is in one project.

Incidentally, Narto, who likes to play badminton, falls in love with Michiko (Eva Arnaz) who is Akira's sister in fact. However, the story eventually broke down because Narto's mother revealed the fact that Narto and Akira were exchangeable babies.

Akira is actually the child of Mrs. Narto and Narto is the son of Jepang's son who is also Michiko's older brother. Both of them were swapped because of the riots during the Japanese colonial period in Indonesia.

The film was then screened in theaters across the country. Even the film also popularized the soundtrack film entitled Sakurakarya, a legendary musician, Fariz RM.

The woman was the wife of a Japanese soldier, who gave her a baby boy. The soldier then went to the battlefield and was reportedly killed. Incidentally, they are at home with their boss who also has a baby boy. Their baby was swapped when the riots broke out.

Lampu's house suddenly dies. In the dark, all they thought about was saving themselves. Fate has separated children from their own biological mothers. It was fate that finally brought them back together," explained Ardus M. Sawega in his report in Kompas Daily as quoted by Robert Adhi in the book Call Me King (2009).