A recording medium having a recording area made up of a plurality of recording layers, comprising: an interleaved stream that includes a plurality of main-view data blocks into which a main-view stream used for monoscopic video playback is divided and contained, and a plurality of sub-view data blocks into which a sub-view stream used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the main-view stream is divided and contained; 2D management information that refers to the interleaved stream as a monoscopic video playback file; and 3D management information that refers to the interleaved stream as a stereoscopic video playback file; characterized in that a common data block group, a 2D data block group, and a 3D data block group are recorded continuously, in the stated order, in a region immediately preceding a border between the recording layers, the common data block group includes one or more of the main-view data blocks and one or more of the sub-view data blocks arranged in alternation, the main-view data blocks included in the common data block group being referred to by the 2D management information and the 3D management information, the 2D data block group includes one or more of the main-view data blocks, the main-view data blocks included in the 2D data block group not being referred to by the 3D management information and being referred to by the 2D management information, the 3D data block group includes one or more of the main-view data blocks and one or more of the sub-view data blocks, the main-view data blocks included in the 3D data block group not being referred to by the 2D management information and being referred to by the 3D management information, and the main-view data blocks included in the 2D data block group and the main-view data blocks included in the 3D data block group are identical in content. an interleaved stream that includes a plurality of main-view data blocks into which a main-view stream used for monoscopic video playback is divided and contained, and a plurality of sub-view data blocks into which a sub-view stream used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the main-view stream is divided and contained; 2D management information that refers to the interleaved stream as a monoscopic video playback file; and 3D management information that refers to the interleaved stream as a stereoscopic video playback file; characterized in that a common data block group, a 2D data block group, and a 3D data block group are recorded continuously, in the stated order, in a region immediately preceding a border between the recording layers, the common data block group includes one or more of the main-view data blocks and one or more of the sub-view data blocks arranged in alternation, the main-view data blocks included in the common data block group being referred to by the 2D management information and the 3D management information, the 2D data block group includes one or more of the main-view data blocks, the main-view data blocks included in the 2D data block group not being referred to by the 3D management information and being referred to by the 2D management information, the 3D data block group includes one or more of the main-view data blocks and one or more of the sub-view data blocks, the main-view data blocks included in the 3D data block group not being referred to by the 2D management information and being referred to by the 3D management information, and the main-view data blocks included in the 2D data block group and the main-view data blocks included in the 3D data block group are identical in content.