The present invention is to provide a vertical
casting apparatus capable of easily manufacturing castings without causing shrinkage cavities and entrainment of gas, by filling a
molten metal into a mold cavity at a high speed and by effectively pressurizing the
molten metal in the
closed cavity, which has high work efficiency, ease of maintenance, and a low cost of equipment, and a vertical
casting method using the vertical
casting apparatus. The vertical casting apparatus is provided with an apparatus body comprising a fixed mold 1 on the lower side and a movable mold 2 on the upper side, a closing means 13 for closing a
molten metal in-flow gate 10 formed in the fixed mold 1, and a pressurizing means 20 for pressurizing the molten
metal in the closed mold cavity, and a casting means for supplying and filling the molten
metal into the mold cavity from the underside. The casting means has a gas-pressurized molten
metal pouring
ladle 6 attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body.