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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese former actor. His birth name was Ishikawa Yoshiaki.

Mizuki made his acting debut in 1958 in Futeki naru hanko which was directed by Makino Masahiro. He played a number of juvenile delinquent-type roles in TV series in the late fifties and early sixties.

In 1964 he appeared in the internationally released Fuji TV action television series Ninja butai gekkô, known as Phantom Agents

Phantom Agents

The Phantom Agents , 1964-1966, was a Japanese action television series of 130 black and white episodes.The series was created by Tatsuo Yoshida. The Phantom Agents were modern day ninjas working for the Japanese government, mostly against the dastardly "Black Flag" organization...

 in the English language release. Joh Mizuki played the lead role of Phantar, who was the leader of a band of ninja

Ninja

A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...

-skilled government agents. Phantom Agents was shown in Australia, Venezuela, Brazil and other countries, including a limited airing in America in the New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 area.

External links

• 忍者部隊月光 (Ninja Butai Gekkō) in the Japanese Wikipedia