The Van Gogh Downstairs

Kaburagi Miyako is a 30-year-old "career-oriented" woman working for a major cosmetics company with an annual salary of over 10 million yen. Miyako is suddenly inspired by a painting and aims to study at the Tokyo University of the Arts to fulfill her dream of becoming a painter. Miyako enrolls into an art prep school while balancing her work. There, she meets Taira Shintaro, a talented young man who keeps failing to get into an art college.

Cast

Sumire

Miyako Kaburagi

Fuju Kamio

Shintaro Taira

Minami

Akiyo Watanuki

Momoko Tanabe

Kiiro Natsume

Daichi Asai

Yoji Minamoto

Ruka Ishikawa

Hana Takao

Nao Takahashi

Kazuto Kuribayashi

Go Riju

Yutaka Watanuki

Ryuzo Tanaka

Hiroyasu Ashiya

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