High&Low: The DTC
HiGH&LOW THE DTC
Poster
Genrecomedy
Written by
  • Norihisa Hiranuma
  • Shôhei Fukuda
  • Daisuke Kamijô
  • Team HI-AX
Directed byNorihisa Hiranuma
ComposerYuta Nakano
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Kakuya Yamada
  • Hirotaka Mori
  • Gen Yagi
  • Yoshihiro Seki
Producers
  • Hiroyuki Ueno
  • Naoto Fujimura
  • Norihisa Hiranuma
  • Chikako Nakabayashi
Cinematography
  • Masaya Suzuki
  • Kazuhiro Taniguchi
  • Satoshi Furusawa
Editor
  • Taro Inou
Original release
NetworkHulu
ReleaseInvalid date range

High&Low The DTC is a Japanese comedy streaming television miniseries. It is a spin-off of the High&Low series, setting roughly after the story of High&Low The Movie, focusing on the casual and pleasant life of Sannoh Rengokai (Hoodlum Squad)'s member Dan, Tettsu, and Chiharu, who called themselves DTC. It was released on the streaming service Hulu in three parts, and the first three episodes were released on August 11, 2017.[1][2]

High&Low The DTC is directed by Norihisa Hiranuma, with starred by Kenjiro Yamashita, Kanta Sato, Taiki Sato starring as Dan, Tettsu and Chiharu, respectively. The series served as a heat-up for the upcoming High&Low film, High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky, while broadening the world of High&Low by emphasizing its comedy side.[1][2]

Synopsis

At Sannoh Rengokai (Hoodlum Squad)'s hang out place, diner Itokan, Dan, Tettsu, and Chiharu put on a comedy.[3]

Cast and characters

Masayasu Yagi plays Kabuto Ijuin, the so-called "Crabman ", and Kousei Amano plays Ozawa, who wants to be popular around girls more than anything. The two form the duet "Vertical Flute Brothers" . Takanori Iwata appears as Cobra, Keiji Kuroki appears as Rocky, Yuki Yamada appears as Yoshiki Murayama, Masataka Kubota appears as Smoky, Kento Hayashi appears as Norihisa Hyuga, they are the leaders of the SWORD gangs. Kaede plays Shiba, Harumi Sato plays Oshiage, Nonoka Yamaguchi plays Nonoriki, Airi Kido plays Ishikawa, they are members of the female gang Ichigo Milk. Keita Machida appears as Sannoh Rengokai (Hoodlum Squad)'s member Noboru.

Fumihiko Tachiki serves as the narrator of the series.

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"We are DTC"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
While DTC are deciding their logo, they want to find a new meaning for their team name...
2"Hot Water"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
When DTC are finding themselves something to drink, Chiharu argues why he wants to drink hot water...
3"DTC's theme song"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
DTC want to make a theme song for their team...
4"Let's be a YouTuber."Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 18, 2017 (2017-08-18)
DTC want to be Youtubers to make some money, but Tettsu have already found being a Youtuber too hard a thing to try...
5"Nickname"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 18, 2017 (2017-08-18)
DTC want to get themselves some cool new nickname...
6"Cheese Hamburger Meatloaf"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 18, 2017 (2017-08-18)
DTC discuss why there should be cheese inside cheese hamburger meatloaf...
7"Quiz"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 18, 2017 (2017-08-18)
DTC have a quiz contest.
8"The door to Youtuber"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
Tettsu gets advices from girls of Ichigo Milk, who are successful Youtubers...
9"Master Chiharu's cake divination"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
Chiharu uses his cake divination technique to predict the type of woman a man likes.
10"The discussion of Ichigo"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
Girls of Ichigo Milk discuss that in the boys of SWORD gangs, who would be a perfect boyfriend.
11"Vertical Flute Brothers"Norihisa HiranumaNorihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AXAugust 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
Kabuto Ijuin and Ozawa form a duet, "Vertical Flute Brothers".

Release

High&Low The DTC was released on the streaming service Hulu in three parts, with Episode 1,2,3 released on August 11, 2017, Episode 4,5,6,7 released on August 18, 2017, Episode 8,9,10,11 released on August 25, 2017.

In 2018, to celebrate the release of DTC -Yukemuri Junjou Hen- from High&Low, it was released on YouTube for free for a limited period. From July 20, 2018, to September 30, each episode became available on YouTube for 2 days.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "山下健二郎らがコミカルな掛け合いを披露「HiGH&LOW THE DTC」Huluで独占配信 : 映画ニュース". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  2. 1 2 "『HiGH&LOW』最新シリーズ『HiGH&LOW THE DTC』が全11話で配信へ ダン、テッツ、チハルがユーチューバーを目指す? | SPICE - エンタメ特化型情報メディア スパイス". SPICE(スパイス)|エンタメ特化型情報メディア スパイス. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. "【スピンオフドラマ『HiGH&LOW THE DTC』毎週金・土・日の限定配信決定!!】7/20(金)より『DTC -湯けむり純情篇- from HiGH&LOW』劇場限定で選べるクリアファイル付き前売り券発売開始! | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  4. Inc, Natasha. "HiGH&LOW「DTC」昨年配信されたショートドラマをYouTubeで毎週公開". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-07-12. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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