Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
Original title: Doragon Bôru Zetto Tatta Hitori no Saishû Kessen
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The tale of Bardock, the father of Goku, and his rebellion against his master the mighty Frieza.The tale of Bardock, the father of Goku, and his rebellion against his master the mighty Frieza.The tale of Bardock, the father of Goku, and his rebellion against his master the mighty Frieza.
Masako Nozawa
- Bardock
- (voice)
- …
Kazuyuki Sogabe
- Tôma
- (voice)
Takeshi Watabe
- Panbûkin
- (voice)
Kôzô Shioya
- Toteppo
- (voice)
- …
Ryûsei Nakao
- Freeza
- (voice)
Show Hayami
- Zarbon
- (voice)
Yukitoshi Hori
- Dodoria
- (voice)
Banjô Ginga
- Tôro
- (voice)
Ryô Horikawa
- Vegeta
- (voice)
Shôzô Îzuka
- Nappa
- (voice)
Hirohiko Kakegawa
- Saiya-jin A
- (voice)
Yuji Machi
- Saiya-jin B
- (voice)
- (as Yûji Machi)
Chie Satô
- Saiya-jin C
- (voice)
Shinobu Satouchi
- Saiya-jin D
- (voice)
Michio Nakao
- Saiya-jin E
- (voice)
Jôji Yanami
- Narrator
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is Akira Toriyama's favorite Dragon Ball Z movie.
- GoofsAfter biting Grandpa Gohan, baby Goku starts acting happy. According to the series, though, Goku didn't start behaving as a baby until he fell off a cliff on his head.
- Quotes
Bardock: Frieza! Listen up! We quit! All of us! Got it? We don't work for you! We're free! You can find someone else to do your dirty work! Oh yeah, there is one last thing...
[charges up an energy blast]
Bardock: This is for all the people that we've killed in your name! I wish we were never foolish enough to obey you! Here! Have it!
- Alternate versionsThe original Japanese version had a special title card shown before the TV special as well as eyecatcher commercial breaks. These were originally cut on the FUNImation DVDs released in 2000 but was restored for the 2008 DVD release from FUNimation.
- SoundtracksCHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Chara hecchara)
(Opening theme)
Lyrics by Yukinojô Mori
Music by Chiho Kiyooka
Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
Performed by by Hironobu Kageyama
(Columbia Records)
(Heard in the Japanese and international versions)
Featured review
Normally, Dragonball Z movies have weak plots, horrible dubbing, censorship up the wazoo, and pretty useless fighting. However, this one is an excellent example of what the movies SHOULD have been like.
Bardock is a saiyan who, like everyone else on his home planet Vegeta, works for Freeza. One day, his team of low-level soldiers take out a planet that was giving even Freeza's highest elite teams a run for their money. However, the last survivor curses Bardock by giving him the power to see the future.
Bardock begins to dream about Goku's future back on Vegeta, while the rest of his team is sent to another planet on Freeza's orders. Bardock dreams that Goku will become a great warrior, but thinks nothing of it. However, as the plot unfolds, and he learns what Freeza is planning, he realizes that Goku will be the only hope for the universe someday.
The stuff I can't give away is what really makes the plot so wonderful. There are only a few fights, but that's to be expected; the plot is the main focus here. However, two fights do stand out: a little Vegeta destroys a bunch of Saibamen, and Bardock's final confrontation with Freeza. Overall, I recommend that any moderate to hardcore DBZ fan get this movie sometime. Trust me, you won't regret it.
Bardock is a saiyan who, like everyone else on his home planet Vegeta, works for Freeza. One day, his team of low-level soldiers take out a planet that was giving even Freeza's highest elite teams a run for their money. However, the last survivor curses Bardock by giving him the power to see the future.
Bardock begins to dream about Goku's future back on Vegeta, while the rest of his team is sent to another planet on Freeza's orders. Bardock dreams that Goku will become a great warrior, but thinks nothing of it. However, as the plot unfolds, and he learns what Freeza is planning, he realizes that Goku will be the only hope for the universe someday.
The stuff I can't give away is what really makes the plot so wonderful. There are only a few fights, but that's to be expected; the plot is the main focus here. However, two fights do stand out: a little Vegeta destroys a bunch of Saibamen, and Bardock's final confrontation with Freeza. Overall, I recommend that any moderate to hardcore DBZ fan get this movie sometime. Trust me, you won't regret it.
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Dragon Ball Z Special 1: The Father of Goku
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $270,354
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $288,095
- Nov 4, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $270,354
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