
Tree Without Leaves
Drama
Overview
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.
Top Cast


Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi
Hatsu-rojin
Keiju Kobayashi
Hatsu-rojin


Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa
Mother
Nobuko Otowa
Mother


Ichirō Zaitsu
Ichirō Zaitsu
Father
Ichirō Zaitsu
Father


Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji


Kotoe Hatsui
Kotoe Hatsui
Kotoe Hatsui


Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Bin Moritsuka
Bin Moritsuka
Bin Moritsuka


Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Mami Okamoto
Mami Okamoto
Mami Okamoto
Kazuki Yamanaka
Kazuki Yamanaka
Kazuki Yamanaka
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