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Phantom Agents (1964)

Phantom Agents poster
Original title
忍者部隊月光
Genre
action & adventure, war & politics, mystery
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A ninja team fights crime and international threats in Japan during the 1960s. The show follows their missions and adventures in black and white.

fast-pacedaction-packedretrolightheartedadventurousnostalgicepisodicenergetic

What happens

Phantom Agents (忍者部隊月光, Ninja butai gekkō) is a Japanese action/spy drama television series of 130 black and white episodes that aired from 3 January 1964 to 2 October 1966. The series was created by Tatsuo Yoshida and based on the manga Boy Ninja Squad Moonlight (少年忍者部隊月光, Shonen Ninja Butai Gekkō), which was published/serialized by Shonen Gahosha's Weekly Shonen King from 1963 to 1965. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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