The Van Gogh Downstairs(2022)

The Van Gogh Downstairs follows Kaburagi Miyako, a 30-year-old cosmetics executive earning over 10 million yen annually, who abandons her corporate career after being moved by a painting. Determined to become a painter, she enrolls in an art prep school while keeping her job, juggling both worlds. There she meets Taira Shintaro, a gifted young artist repeatedly rejected from art colleges. As Miyako pursues her delayed dream, the two form an unlikely bond shaped by their different struggles—hers a leap of faith from stability, his a persistent fight against rejection. The series explores ambition, reinvention, and the courage it takes to chase passion later in life.