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We Are All Trying Here follows the journey of Hwang Dong Man (Koo Kyo Hwan), who, being the only one whose life is not going well among a group of accomplished friends, is driven to anguish and madness by envy and jealousy. Employing "anxiety" as its key theme, the drama is expected to offer a "green light" to those who have come to a standstill at the warning signal of worthlessness.
The K-drama is penned by My Liberation Notes writer Park Hae Young, and helmed by Welcome to Samdal-ri director Cha Young Hoon; and stars Koo Kyo Hwan, Go Youn Jung, Oh Jung Se, Kang Mal Geum, and Park Hae Joon.
Koo Kyo Hwan takes on the role of Hwang Dong Man, a man who has been striving to debut as a film director for 20 years.
Dong Man talks nonstop to erase the anxiety that fills him. Despite harboring envy and jealousy as he watches his friends thriving, he actually struggles desperately to break the silence and show that he exists.
Afraid that silence will expose his worthlessness or that he'll be abandoned by the world, Dong Man can only feel relieved once he drags conversations and rambles nonstop.
In the end, his monologues aren't born of malice; they're a transparent survival signal he hurls at the world, as if to shout, "I'm still here."
Lastly, another irresistible charm point is his steadfastness as a "romantic eccentric" who, without yielding to the world's gaze, continues to write his own story. His bizarre antics — like trying hard to catch a falling leaf or climbing a neighborhood hill and shouting his own name at the top of his lungs — are, in fact, Dong Man's own acts of resistance against sinking into the swamp of worthlessness.
The same goes for his insistence on wearing a leather coat every day that belonged to a World War II veteran. Even as he's crushed by the weight of reality — a weight exhausting enough to wear him out after just ten minutes — he still pops the coat collar up. As such, he is a romantic oddball, determined to prove his worth.
We Are All Trying Here is set to premiere on JTBC this April. More updates yet to come. Stay tuned!
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