High&Low: The DTC
{{short description|2017 Japanese comedy streaming television miniseries}}
{{Infobox television
| image = High＆Low The DTC poster.jpg
| alt = HiGH&LOW THE DTC
| caption = Poster
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Hiroyuki Ueno
- Naoto Fujimura
- Norihisa Hiranuma
- Chikako Nakabayashi
}}
| genre = comedy
| based_on =
| creator =
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Norihisa Hiranuma
- Shôhei Fukuda
- Daisuke Kamijô
- Team HI-AX
}}
| director = Norihisa Hiranuma
| composer = Yuta Nakano
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 11
| list_episodes =
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
- Masaya Suzuki
- Kazuhiro Taniguchi
- Satoshi Furusawa
}}
| editor = {{Plainlist|
- Taro Inou
}}
| runtime =
| location =
| company =
| network = Hulu
| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|8|11}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2016|8|25}}
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Kakuya Yamada
- Hirotaka Mori
- Gen Yagi
- Yoshihiro Seki
}}
}}
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.{{Cite web|title=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|url=https://eiga.com/news/20170801/20/|access-date=2020-07-04|website=映画.com|language=ja}}{{Cite web|title=『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|url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/138762|access-date=2020-07-04|website=SPICE（スパイス）｜エンタメ特化型情報メディア スパイス}}
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.
Synopsis
At Sannoh Rengokai (Hoodlum Squad)'s hang out place, diner Itokan, Dan, Tettsu, and Chiharu put on a comedy.{{Cite web|title=【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 -|url=https://www.ldh.co.jp/news/detail.php?lang=jpn&site=LDH&newsid=0000016947|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.ldh.co.jp}}
Cast and characters
- Kenjiro Yamashita as Dan, a member of Sannoh Rengokai (Hoodlum Squad) and the "D" of DTC. Talking in Kansai dialect, he is a mood maker and is some the leader of DTC. He runs his family shop "Dan Shoten".
- Kanta Sato as Tettsu, a member of Sannoh Rengokai (Hoodlum Squad) and the "T" of DTC. He dreams of becoming a Youtuber and attracts the attention of girls.
- Taiki Sato as Chiharu, a member of Sannoh Rengokai (Hoodlum Squad) and the "C" DTC. After he joins Sannoh Rengokai (Hoodlum Squad), he quickly becomes friends with Dan and Tettsu.
- Shuuka Fujii as Naomi, who runs the diner "Itokan". She has a bitter tongue towards those boys, but she always treats their wounds gently.
- Nozomi Bando as Nika Ijuin, who does part-time jobs at diner "Itokan". She is sweet to DTC.
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
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = We are DTC
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|11}}
|ShortSummary = While DTC are deciding their logo, they want to find a new meaning for their team name...
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Hot Water
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|11}}
|ShortSummary = When DTC are finding themselves something to drink, Chiharu argues why he wants to drink hot water...
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = DTC's theme song
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|11}}
|ShortSummary = DTC want to make a theme song for their team...
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Let's be a YouTuber.
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|18}}
|ShortSummary = DTC want to be Youtubers to make some money, but Tettsu have already found being a Youtuber too hard a thing to try...
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Nickname
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|18}}
|ShortSummary = DTC want to get themselves some cool new nickname...
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Cheese Hamburger Meatloaf
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|18}}
|ShortSummary = DTC discuss why there should be cheese inside cheese hamburger meatloaf...
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = Quiz
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|18}}
|ShortSummary = DTC have a quiz contest.
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = The door to Youtuber
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|25}}
|ShortSummary = Tettsu gets advices from girls of Ichigo Milk, who are successful Youtubers...
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Master Chiharu's cake divination
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|25}}
|ShortSummary = Chiharu uses his cake divination technique to predict the type of woman a man likes.
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|Title = The discussion of Ichigo
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|25}}
|ShortSummary = Girls of Ichigo Milk discuss that in the boys of SWORD gangs, who would be a perfect boyfriend.
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|Title = Vertical Flute Brothers
|DirectedBy = Norihisa Hiranuma
|WrittenBy = Norihisa Hiranuma, Shôhei Fukuda, Daisuke Kamijô, Team HI-AX
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|25}}
|ShortSummary = Kabuto Ijuin and Ozawa form a duet, "Vertical Flute Brothers".
|LineColor = C4A574
}}
}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Inc|first=Natasha|title=HiGH&LOW「DTC」昨年配信されたショートドラマをYouTubeで毎週公開|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/291526|access-date=2020-07-12|website=映画ナタリー|language=ja}}