[『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
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
.
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 is a Japanese action television series of 130 black and white episodes that aired from 1964 to 1966.
Synopsis
The series was created by Tatsuo Yoshida. The Phantom Agents were modern day ninja working for the Japanese government, mostly against t ...
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 covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enem ...
-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 most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
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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People from Tokyo
1938 births
1991 deaths
20th-century Japanese male actors