In an image display apparatus (4) that sequentially displays a plurality of images stored in a storage unit (40) in an imaging order thereof, image instruction information instructing either one of a plurality of stored images or an extracted image preliminarily extracted from the plurality of stored images under a predetermined extraction condition is inputted as an image to be displayed from an input unit (20), a display controller 52 switches an image to be displayed in a predetermined area of a display unit (30) to an image instructed by the image instruction information to display the switched image in a predetermined display area, so that rapid image confirmation by a user is made possible.
