[『デーリー東北新聞』2010年9月14日（火）付] was a Japanese actor. His birth name was Ishikawa Yoshiaki. He was born in
Tokyo
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.
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
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action television series ''Ninja butai gekkô'', known as
Phantom Agents in the English language release. Joh Mizuki played the lead role of Phantar, who was the leader of a band of
ninja
A , or was a spy and infiltrator in pre-modern Japan. The functions of a ninja included siege and infiltration, ambush, reconnaissance, espionage, deception, and later bodyguarding.Kawakami, pp. 21–22 Antecedents may have existed as ear ...
-skilled government agents. ''Phantom Agents'' was shown in Australia, Venezuela, Brazil and other countries, including a limited airing in America in the
New York
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area.
References
Nikki White's 'Phantom Agents' page at ''Ensovaari Embassy'' website
External links
*
忍者部隊月光 (''Ninja Butai Gekkō'') in the Japanese Wikipedia
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Male actors from Tokyo
1938 births
1991 deaths
20th-century Japanese male actors