Limited series · JTBC
We Are All Trying Here
Everyone is pretending to be okay… but no one really is.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Koo Kyo-hwan
Hwang Dong-man
12 eps
Go Youn-jung
Byeon Eun-a
12 eps
Oh Jung-se
Park Kyeong-se
12 eps
Kang Mal-geum
Ko Hye-jin
12 eps
Park Hae-joon
Hwang Jin-man
12 eps
Bae Jong-ok
Oh Jeong-hee
12 eps
Han Seon-hwa
Jang Mi-ran
12 eps
Choi Won-young
Choi Dong-hyeon
12 eps
Jeon Bae-soo
Park Yeong-soo
12 eps
Sim Hee-seop
Lee Jun-hwan
12 eps
Park Ye-ni
Choi Hyo-jin
12 eps
Bae Myeong-jin
Lee Gi-ri
12 eps
Cho Min-guk
Woo Seung-tae
12 eps
Yeon Woon-gyeong
Ga Soo-ja
12 eps
Kim Jong-hoon
Ma Jae-yeong
12 eps
Sung Dong-il
No Kang-sik
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How We Are All Trying Here actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
We Are All Trying Here reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An aspiring director hits rock bottom after 20 years chasing his debut — until he meets an overwhelmed producer who helps him rediscover his self-worth.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Park Hae-youngWriter
Direction
- Cha Yeong-hunDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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