Around this time he wrote one of his early poems, People Are Made to Die (人は死ぬものである, Hito wa shinumono dearu).

[2] After entering college in 1923, he became influenced by Prof. Saitō Kiyoe [ja] and developed an interest in kokugaku, by that time a mostly abandoned discipline,[3] and studied the writings of Motoori Norinaga.

Before his departure for Southeast Asia, he reportedly said to Mishima, "I entrust the future of Japan to you" (日本のあとのことをおまえに託した, Nihon no ato no koto o omae ni takushita).

Kuriyama Riichi [ja] recalled Hasuda raging as he prepared to leave, saying "Those American bastards..." (あのアメリカの奴め等が…, A no Amerika no yatsumera ga…).

[5] At the time of Hirohito's order to stand down, Hasuda's commanding officer Colonel Nakajō Toyoma (中条豊馬) announced that the division would surrender immediately to British forces.

When Nakajō was proceeding to Shōnan Shrine in order to burn the regimental flags prior to surrender, Hasuda ambushed his entourage.