HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O

HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O
Genre	Action, Drama
Main Cast	EXILE TRIBE
Production
Director	Hiranuma Norihisa, Ichihara Nao, Masumoto Shoichiro
Writer	Hiranuma Norihisa, Masumoto Shoichiro, Watanabe Kei, Fukuda Shohei
Music	Nakano Yuta
Broadcast
Original Run	July 18 - August 22, 2019
Airtime	0:59 - 1:29 am
Number of Episodes	6
Broadcasting Countries	Japan
Language	Japanese
Network	NTV
HiGH&LOW Dramas Chronology
Previous	HiGH&LOW THE DTC (2017)
Next	6 from HiGH&LOW THE WORST (2020)

HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O is the fourth original TV drama of the HiGH&LOW franchise starring the EXILE TRIBE. It is a prequel to HiGH&LOW THE WORST, aired from July 18 to August 22, 2019 and is composed of 6 episodes.

The drama marks the beginning of a new storyline in the HiGH&LOW franchise called HiGH&LOW THE WORST, which is a collaboration with Takahashi Hiroshi's "CROWS" and "WORST" manga series and focuses on the story of the students of "Oya High School".

On October 2, 2019, the drama was released on DVD and Blu-ray.

Description

Oya High School is a place where bad boys gather from all over the country. The school is divided into a part-time system and a full-time system, and Murayama (Yamada Yuki), the head of the part-time system, is the leader of the school. After the war in the Container Town involving the entire SWORD District, Murayama and his friends are spending their days slacking off on campus.

The entrance season has arrived yet again for the full-time system, and the fiercest students are entering the school, aiming for the top of Oya High School. However, in order to do so, they have to defeat Todoroki (Maeda Goki), the head of the full-time system who is known as the strongest fighter in the school. The new and old students of the full-time system form factions that compete with each other, each of them vying for supremacy. In the midst of all this tension is Tsukasa (Yoshino Hokuto), a student of the full-time system who had entered Oya High School alongside his best friend Hanaoka Fujio (Kawamura Kazuma) with great momentum. However, Tsukasa fell off the radar and changed after Fujio transferred to another school early on.

On the other hand, Fujio has moved to the countryside, and while he feels something is missing, he spends his days with his grandfather, who will have a great influence on Fujio in the years to come.

Cast

• Oya High School Part-Time System (鬼邪高校定時制)
  • Murayama Yoshiki (村山良樹) - Yamada Yuki (山田裕貴)
  • Furuya Hideto (古屋英人) - Suzuki Takayuki (鈴木貴之)
  • Seki Kotaro (関虎太郎) - Ichinose Wataru (一ノ瀬ワタル)
  • San-Naka Trio (三中トリオ)
    • Nakakuki (中茎) - Aoki Ken (青木健)
    • Nakabayashi (中林) - Kiyohara Sho (清原翔)
    • Nakazono (中園) - Jinnai Sho (陳内将)
• Oya High School Full-Time System (鬼邪高校全日制)
  • Hanaoka Fujio (花岡楓士雄) - Kawamura Kazuma
  • Tsukasa Faction (司一派)
    • Takajo Tsukasa (高城司) - Yoshino Hokuto
    • Jamuo (ジャム男) - Fukuyama Kohei (福山康平)
    • Nobuta (信田) - Muguruma Yuto (六車勇登)
    • Kitabayashi (北林) - Takashina Yuki (高品雄基)
  • Todoroki Faction (轟一派)
    • Todoroki Yosuke (轟洋介) - Maeda Goki (前田公輝)
    • Shibaman (芝マン) - Ryu
    • Tsuji (辻) - Suzuki Takahide
  • Yasu-Kiyo Faction (泰・清一派)
    • Yasushi (泰志) - Sato Ryuji (佐藤流司)
    • Kiyoshi (清史) - Uekiya Satoshi (うえきやサトシ)
    • Shimoda (下田) - Kusakawa Naoya (草川直弥)
    • Abe (阿部) - Fukui Tomoya (福井巴也)
  • Naka-Naka Faction (中・中一派)
    • Nakagoshi (中越) - Kamio Fuju (神尾楓珠)
    • Nakaoka (中岡) - Nakajima Ken (中島健)
    • Masuda (益田) - Abe Shuhei (阿部周平)
    • Hazama (羽佐間) - Ichijo Kyosuke (一條恭輔)
    • Ishihara (石原) - Kubo Masaki (久保雅樹)
    • Sawa (澤) - Ishibashi Hiroki (石橋弘毅)
    • Tenji (天寺) - Shimoda Sora (下田壮良)
• Sannoh Rengokai
  • Ken (ケン) - Iwaya Shogo
  • Hikaru (ヒカル) - Yamamoto Shogo
  • Chiharu (チハル) - Sato Taiki
• Other
  • Hanaoka Tetsuji (花岡哲二) - Izumiya Shigeru (泉谷しげる)
  • Hanaoka Miki - Fujita Tomoko (藤田朋子)

List of Episodes

Main article: HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O/Episodes

Soundtrack

• "SNAKE PIT" - GENERATIONS
• "SWAG & PRIDE" - THE RAMPAGE
• "FIRED UP" - THE RAMPAGE
• "Mada Tarinee" - DOBERMAN INFINITY
• "Top Down" - EXILE THE SECOND
• "Ain't Afraid To Die" - EXILE THE SECOND
• "ON FIRE" - SWAY
• "Nostalgie" - Kazuhara Ryuto

Staff

• Planning and production: EXILE HIRO
• General Director: Kubo Shigeaki
• Directors: Hiranuma Norihisa, Ichihara Nao (市原直), Masumoto Shoichiro (増本庄一郎)
• Writer/Screenplay: Hiranuma Norihisa, Masumoto Shoichiro, Watanabe Kei (渡辺啓), Fukuda Shohei (福田晶平)
• Overall Production Direction: Sawa Keiichi (黒崎太郎), Kobayashi Keiichi (小林景一), Mori Masataka (森雅貴), Ito Kanji (伊藤寛二)
• Narration: Tachiki Fumihiko (立木文彦)
• Music: Nakano Yuta (中野雄太)
• Action Director: Ouchi Takahito (大内貴仁)
• Animation/Drawing: Takahashi Hiroshi (高橋ヒロシ)
• Manufacture: Nippon Television Network Corporation / LDH
• Project Production: HI-AX

Network

• Nippon Television Network Corporation
  • NTV - Start: 2019/07/18 (Thursday); End: 2019/08/22 (Thursday), every Thursday from 0:59 - 1:29 am
  • Hiroshima TV - Start: 2019/07/18 (Thursday); End: 2019/08/22 (Thursday), every Thursday from 1:29 - 1:59 am
  • Fukuoka Broadcasting System - Start: 2019/07/19 (Friday); End: 2019/08/23 (Friday), every Friday from 2:15 - 2:45 am
  • Sapporo TV - Start: 2019/07/20 (Saturday); End: 2019/08/24 (Saturday), every Saturday from 2:31 - 3:01 am
  • Chukyo TV - Start: 2019/07/24 (Wednesday); End: 2019/08/28 (Wednesday), every Wednesday from 1:59 - 2:29 am
  • Yomiuri TV - Start: 2019/07/25 (Thursday); End: 2019/08/29 (Thursday), every Thursday from 1:34 - 2:04 am
  • Shizuoka Daiichi Television - Start: 2019/08/08 (Thursday); End: 2019/09/12 (Thursday), every Thursday from 2:04 - 2:34 am
• Hulu
• dTV

DVD/Blu-ray

HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O
Video Release by HiGH&LOW
Released	October 2, 2019
Format	DVD, Blu-ray
Label	rhythm zone
HiGH&LOW Video Releases Chronology
Previous	DTC -Yukemuri Junjou Hen- from HiGH&LOW (2019)
Next	HiGH&LOW THE WORST (2020)

HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O is the ninth DVD/Blu-ray release of the HiGH&LOW franchise. It was released on October 2, 2019 in two editions: DVD and Blu-ray.

Editions

• 2DVD (RZBD-86922/3, ¥7,480)
  • First-press Limited edition: BOX, Digipak specification
• 2Blu-ray (RZXD-86924/5, ¥7,480)
  • First-press Limited edition: BOX, Digipak specification

Content

• Disc 1: Episode 1 ~ Episode 3
• Disc 2: Episode 4 ~ Episode 6
• Bonus Footage: Special crosstalk (Featuring: Yamada Yuki, Kawamura Kazuma, Maeda Goki, Yoshino Hokuto), HiGH&LOW THE WORST trailer

Videos

ドラマ『HiGH＆LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O』第2話予告

ドラマ『HiGH＆LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O』第3話予告-2

ドラマ『HiGH＆LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O』第4話予告-2

ドラマ『HiGH＆LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O』第5話予告-2

ドラマ『HiGH＆LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O』第6話予告-2

Trivia

• This was be the first new TV drama related to HiGH&LOW in three and a half years, since Season 1 aired in October 2015 and Season 2 in April 2016.
• The HiGH&LOW THE WORST storyline is co-written by Takahashi Hiroshi and the "HiGH&LOW" team.
• With this sequel, it was established that the characters of HiGH&LOW exist in the same universe as the characters of the "CROWS" and "WORST" manga series.

External Links

• Official Story Info
• Official Disc Info
• Oricon Profile: DVD | Blu-ray