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 City
- 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)
- …
- Directors
- Writers
- Akira Toriyama(Shûeisha [Weekly Shônen Jump] series)
- Takao Koyama
- Katsuyuki Sumizawa
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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
I'll Say it, I don't Care About Bardock
Goku does not need to be the answer to some long-awaited prophecy. Goku is not a "chosen one". He is just a man who stepped up to face the challenge. I think Goku summed it up best. When Frieza bragged saying that he blew up Planet Vegeta and killed his father, Goku replied: " I don't care." This movie makes the cardinal mistake any prequel can make, have there be visions/prophecies of the future. Bardock is given useless physic powers in this movie. These powers let him see glimpses into the future. This means the animators can recycle clips and save them time but waste the audience's time. You could take out his whole psychic subplot and not miss a thing. Bardock already gets motivation to fight Frieza, the visions of the future do not change the outcome of the story, but they do interrupt the flow.
I do enjoy seeing more of Planet Vegeta before its destruction. The movie has solid world building for the Frieza Force and the Saiyans. And I absolutely love the backstory for Bardock's headband. That may sound like a dumb thing to point out, but I love it. I also appreciate the darker tone that the specials have compared to the movies. These "specials" also fit better in continuity than the movies.
I think the fact that both of the Specials: that being "History of Trunks" and this one, are prequels where the outcome is grim. That allows the series to be a little more serious and feel a bit more weighty. I give it credit for coming out so early in the Dragon Ball Z timeline, but I don't like Bardock as a character. And I don't like the stupid prophecy and flash forward parts.
I also like the fights; they are bloodier and visceral than most DB fights. The movie is also well animated. "Bardock" is an average movie but it is a brilliant spectacle.
I do enjoy seeing more of Planet Vegeta before its destruction. The movie has solid world building for the Frieza Force and the Saiyans. And I absolutely love the backstory for Bardock's headband. That may sound like a dumb thing to point out, but I love it. I also appreciate the darker tone that the specials have compared to the movies. These "specials" also fit better in continuity than the movies.
I think the fact that both of the Specials: that being "History of Trunks" and this one, are prequels where the outcome is grim. That allows the series to be a little more serious and feel a bit more weighty. I give it credit for coming out so early in the Dragon Ball Z timeline, but I don't like Bardock as a character. And I don't like the stupid prophecy and flash forward parts.
I also like the fights; they are bloodier and visceral than most DB fights. The movie is also well animated. "Bardock" is an average movie but it is a brilliant spectacle.
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- JayWolfgramm
- Mar 9, 2023
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- Also known as
- Dragon Ball Z Special 1: The Father of Goku
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- Gross US & Canada
- $270,354
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $288,095
- Nov 4, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $270,354
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