Love Will Begin When Money Ends(2020)

Love Will Begin When Money Ends is a Japanese drama series following Reiko Kuki, a frugal accountant at a toy manufacturer who lives by strict financial principles. After a year of deliberation, Reiko finally decides to buy a pair of small dishes from a secondhand store for fifteen dollars—a rare indulgence. At the shop, she encounters Keita Saruwatari, a wealthy heir whose father owns the toy company where she works. Keita and his companion shop carelessly, buying items on impulse. When their paths cross, Reiko becomes an unlikely financial advisor to the privileged but spendthrift Keita. The series explores the collision between two opposing worlds: disciplined restraint and carefree excess, as these characters discover what truly matters beyond money.