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

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**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〜*
**Runtime**: 48 min
**Genres**: Animation, Action, Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Mitsuo Hashimoto
**Written by**: Takao Koyama, Katsuyuki Sumisawa
**Starring**: Masako Nozawa, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yuko Mita, Takeshi Watabe, Kozo Shioya, Ryusei Nakao

> *This is the story of Bardock, the father of Goku.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You fight as a low-ranking Saiyan soldier but then foresee your race's destruction, and the planet's fate rests on his actions, the film leaves Goku's father in a desperate struggle.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem

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