[1] Komori sought retribution for a fictional story published in one of Shimanaka's magazines which featured a dream sequence in which the Emperor and Empress were beheaded by a guillotine.
[4][3] On February 1, 1961, at the age of 17, Komori went to the home of prominent Tokyo publisher Hōji Shimanaka with the intent to kill him in retribution for a fiction story by Shichirō Fukazawa printed in Shimanaka's magazine Chūō Kōron that described the overthrow and murder of the Japanese Imperial family.
[1] The story, which satirized the recent Anpo protests, depicted a dream sequence in which the reigning emperor and empress were beheaded, along with the crown prince and princess.
[8] Kenji Ino wrote in “Critique: Akao Bin: Rebel Radical Human”, page 133 (All Publishing, 1991): Kazutaka Komori lost his mental balance while serving time in Chiba Prison.
Whenever a meal was served, he repeatedly drowned his head in miso soup while shouting, “Long live the Emperor!"