HiGH&LOW THE DTC

HiGH&LOW THE DTC
Genre	Comedy, Drama
Main Cast	Yamashita Kenjiro, Sato Taiki, Sato Kanta
Production
Director	Hiranuma Norihisa
Writer	Watanabe Kei, Hiranuma Norihisa, Fukuda Shohei
Broadcast
Original Run	August 11 - September 10, 2017
Number of Episodes	11
Broadcasting Countries	Japan
Language	Japanese
Network	Hulu
HiGH&LOW Dramas Chronology
Previous	HiGH&LOW Season 2 (2016)
Next	HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O (2019)

HiGH&LOW THE DTC is the third original drama, first digital drama and first spin-off drama of the HiGH&LOW franchise starring the EXILE TRIBE. This short comedy was available exclusively on Hulu for three consecutive weeks from August 11 to September 10, 2017.

The mini-series was later included on the luxury edition of the DVD/Blu-ray release of DTC -Yukemuri Junjou Hen- from HiGH&LOW.

Description

The short comedy depicts the casual life of Dan (Yamashita Kenjiro), Tettsu (Sato Kanta) and Chiharu (Sato Taiki) from Sannoh Hoodlum Squad at their known hangout, ITOKAN. The story begins with the formation of a new team, "DTC", taking the initials from each member.

Cast

• DTC
  • Dan (ダン) - Yamashita Kenjiro
  • Tettsu (テッツ) - Sato Kanta
  • Chiharu (チハル) - Sato Taiki
• Sannoh Hoodlum Squad/Sannoh Rengokai
  • Noboru (ノボル) - Machida Keita
  • Cobra (コブラ) - Iwata Takanori
• White Rascals
  • ROCKY - Kuroki Keiji
• RUDE BOYS
  • Smoky (スモーキー) - Kubota Masataka (窪田正孝)
• Daruma Ikka
  • Hyuga Norihisa (日向紀久) - Hayashi Kento (林遣都)
• Oya High School/Oya Kohkoh
  • Murayama Yoshiki (村山良樹) - Yamada Yuki (山田裕貴)
• Ichigo-Milk
  • Shiba (芝) - Kaede
  • Oshiage (押上) - Sato Harumi
  • Nonoriki (ノノリキ) - Yamaguchi Nonoka
  • Ishikawa (イシカワ) - Kido Airi
• Other
  • Naomi (ナオミ) - Fujii Shuuka
  • Ijuin Nika (伊集院仁花) - Bando Nozomi
  • Ijuin Kabuto (伊集院甲) - Yagi Masayasu
  • Ozawa (尾沢) - Amano Kousei

List of Episodes

Main article: HiGH&LOW THE DTC/Episodes

1. "Oretachi DTC"
2. "Oyu"
3. "DTC no Thema Kyoku"
4. "YouTuber ni Narou"
5. "Nickname"
6. "Cheese in Hamburger"
7. "Quiz"
8. "YouTuber e no Tobira"
9. "Chiharu Sensei no Cake Uranai"
10. "Ichigo Dangi"
11. "Tatebue Kyoudai"

Staff

• Planning and production: EXILE HIRO
• Directors: Hiranuma Norihisa
• Writer/Screenplay: Watanabe Kei, Hiranuma Norihisa, Fukuda Shohei
• Narration: Tachiki Fumihiko (立木文彦)

Network

• Hulu
  • Episode 1-3 - Distribution start: August 11, 2017 (Fri)
  • Episode 4-7 - Distribution start: August 18, 2017 (Fri)
  • Episode 8-11 - Distribution start: August 25, 2017 (Fri)

Trivia

• To commemorate the release of DTC -Yukemuri Junjou Hen- from HiGH&LOW, the mini-series was released for free on Youtube for a limited period of time. From July 20 to September 30, 2018 one episode was released per week and each episode became available on YouTube for 2 days.