Content display apparatus and a content display method

The present invention provides a content display device and a content display method. Based on a content attribute serving as a coordinate axis of which the setting input is performed from an operation input unit, and the content identifier of a content of interest, a metadata storage unit is searched to select one or multiple other contents relating to the content of interest. The strength of relationship between each of the selected other contents and the content of interest is calculated based on the content attribute set as a coordinate axis, and information indicating correlation. The layout relations of other contents with the content of interest as the origin are calculated based on the content attribute serving as a coordinate axis, and the calculated strength of relationship. Thedisplay image of each of the other contents is disposed in accordance with the calculated layout relations.