"Deciduous Tree") is a 1986 Japanese autobiographical[3] drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.

Haru, an aged scriptwriter living alone in a house in the mountains, reminiscences his childhood in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Unable to change the father's mind, the brother leaves the house and joins the police force.

Back in the present, the old Haru hears his mother's voice, calling him for supper, a reminder of the opening scene.

[5] Reviewer Ben Sachs of the Chicago Reader regarded Tree Without Leaves as a "clinically observant work about a terminally detached person", whose methods eventually "cumulate to powerful effect".