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Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku

Animation · Action · Science Fiction · 1990

Bardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses the destruction of his race and must now do his best to stop Frieza's impending massacre.

Movie details

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku

“This is the story of Bardock, the father of Goku.”

1990 Animation · Action · Science Fiction 48m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.6 / 10

Community rating

Bardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses the destruction of his race and must now do his best to stop Frieza's impending massacre.

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Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock

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A spin-off scenario taking place after the events of the TV special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku, in which Bardock survives the destruction of Planet Vegeta and is sent into the past, combating Frieza's ancestor Chilled and turning into a Super Saiyan.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Mitsuo Hashimoto

Written by

Katsuyuki Sumisawa · Takao Koyama

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Bardock / Son Gokû (Kakarotto) (voice)

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Tôma (voice)

Yuko Mita

Yuko Mita

Seripa (voice)

Takeshi Watabe

Takeshi Watabe

Panbûkin (voice)

Kozo Shioya

Kozo Shioya

Toteppo / Dokutâ (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Freeza (voice)

Show Hayami

Show Hayami

Zarbon (voice)

Court is in session

Put Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.