Actor Mizushima's novel hits bookstores

TOKYO, Japan - People purchase the award-winning novel ''Kagerou'' authored by actor Hiro Mizushima under his real name Tomohiro Mizushima at a bookstore in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Dec. 15, 2010. Mizushima's debut novel won Poplar Publishing Co.'s grand prize for fiction. (Kyodo)

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