Yumika is an actress. Since she was a child, she has had to endure her mother Yoshika (Shinobu Terajima) controlling her life. Yoshika is a “poison mother” to Yumika and Yumika cannot tolerate her mother anymore. Yumika appears on a talk show and criticizes her mother. Her criticism causes a sensation.

Meanwhile, people around Yoshika state that she is not a poison mother and she is actually a good mother.

가족, 친구 그리고 연인이라는 다양한 관계에 놓인 인물들의 이야기를 그린 드라마

大学时唯一的好友理穗寄信来，邀请弓香回家乡参加同学会。但回去势必要见到母亲。从小，母亲佳香对她的期待几乎置她于死地。她禁止弓香看漫画，要求弓香阅读父亲留下来的文学经典；禁止弓香和异性接触，即使是女性朋友也要得到她的认可。弓香的人生受母亲摆布，母亲不希望她成为‘毒女’，但在她的眼中，母亲才是真正的“毒母”。

改編自人氣作家「湊佳苗」的短篇小說集。 「WOWOW電視台」如電影般唯美細膩的拍攝手法，搭配擅長剖析人性黑暗面的湊佳苗，短短六集日劇，精彩地呈現五個震撼人心的故事。