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title: 'Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mitsuo Hashimoto'
released: '1990-10-17'
runtime_minutes: 47
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dragon-ball-z-bardock-the-father-of-goku-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142245/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990)

1990 · 47 min · Action, Adventure · Japan

Original title: ドラゴンボールZ たったひとりの最終決戦〜フリーザに挑んだZ戦士 孫悟空の父〜
Part of: Dragon Ball

## Synopsis

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku is the first television special of the Dragon Ball Z anime series, which is based on the Dragon Ball manga by Akira Toriyama. It was broadcast on Fuji Television on October 17, 1990, in-between episodes 63 and 64. Serving as a prequel to the entire series, the special takes place twelve years before the events of Dragon Ball, and depicts the final days of the Saiyan planet Vegeta before its destruction at the hands of Frieza, told from the perspective of Goku's biological father Bardock, who attempts to avert this from happening and save his race from genocide.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mitsuo Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuo-hashimoto)
- **Screenplay:** [Takao Koyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/takao-koyama), [Katsuyuki Sumisawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsuyuki-sumisawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shunsuke Kikuchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunsuke-kikuchi)

## Cast

- [Ryō Horikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryo-horikawa) as Vegeta
- [Kazuyuki Sogabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuyuki-sogabe)
- [Kōzō Shioya](https://cinepixo.com/people/kozo-shioya)
- [Banjō Ginga](https://cinepixo.com/people/banjo-ginga)
- [Kenji Utsumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-utsumi)
- [Kinpei Azusa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinpei-azusa)
- [Michio Nakao](https://cinepixo.com/people/michio-nakao)
- [Yukitoshi Hori](https://cinepixo.com/people/yukitoshi-hori) as Dodoria
- [Jōji Yanami](https://cinepixo.com/people/joji-yanami)
- [Yūji Machi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuji-machi)
- [Ryūsei Nakao](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryusei-nakao) as Frieza
- [Hirohiko Kakegawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hirohiko-kakegawa)
- [Takeshi Watabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-watabe)
- [Chie Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/chie-sato)
- [Shō Hayami](https://cinepixo.com/people/sho-hayami) as Zarbon

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