Oh Jung Se playing a celebrated film director secretly eaten alive by insecurity toward a talentless nobody? That’s not just good casting — that’s a masterclass waiting to happen. JTBC’s We Are All Trying Here premieres April 18, 2026, and the new character stills prove this is going to be one of the most psychologically rich K-dramas of the year.
We Are All Trying Here Series & Character Info at a Glance
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Drama | We Are All Trying Here (우리는 모두 여기서) |
| Network | JTBC |
| Premiere Date | April 18, 2026, 10:40 PM KST |
| Oh Jung Se’s Character | Park Kyung Se — film director, Gobak Film |
| Park Kyung Se’s Career | 5 feature-length films, established industry veteran |
| Latest Film | The Second Sister Without Arms — box office disaster |
| Lead Character | Hwang Dong Man (Koo Kyo Hwan) — 20-year aspiring director |
| Park Kyung Se’s Conflict | Deep inferiority complex toward Hwang Dong Man |
Who Is Park Kyung Se — And Why Is He Falling Apart?
Oh Jung Se plays film director Park Kyung Se, part of Gobak Film — a director who has built a strong career with five feature-length films. Although in a well-established, successful position in the industry, cracks begin to show after his latest film The Second Sister Without Arms suffers a disastrous box office failure. aol
That one failure is all it takes to unravel years of confidence. Park Kyung Se becomes unsettled, reacting with anger to every word Hwang Dong Man — a 20-year aspiring director who seems like nothing — says, and every line he writes. It raises the question of why the accomplished Park Kyung Se feels such insecurity toward someone with so little. aol
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What the New Stills Reveal
One still shows Park Kyung Se taking the microphone at a stage greeting — projecting the full confidence of a veteran director, yet a faint smile hints at hidden anxiety beneath the polished surface. aol
In sharp contrast, another still shows him staring intensely at a monitor while working, and in another, he clenches his jaw with a tense expression — struggling to prove he is never the same “worthless type” as Hwang Dong Man. Paradoxically, he is the character who reacts most strongly and crumbles most completely at Hwang Dong Man’s mere presence or a single word from him. aol
The fragile psychology on display in these stills alone signals something extraordinary — and this is Oh Jung Se, whose unmatched ability to inhabit deeply complex characters has made him one of South Korean television’s most respected performers.
Why We Are All Trying Here Could Be 2026’s Most Emotionally Honest K-Drama
The production team said: “Oh Jung Se brings the character of Park Kyung Se, a successful director on the surface, to life with chilling detail that reveals the swirling inferiority complex beneath. Please look forward to the magical performance and immersive experience that ‘acting master’ Oh Jung Se will bring.” aol
The series centres on Koo Kyo Hwan’s Hwang Dong Man — a man surrounded by successful friends who believes he alone is failing at life — and explores themes of envy, anguish, and the quiet desperation of comparison. The K-drama genre is at its very best when it gets this human, this honest, and this uncomfortable. Stay updated on all We Are All Trying Here news at TechnoSports.
