A multimedia content retrieving device for retrieving multimedia content stored in a terminal through a network includes a memory that stores a terminal ID of a managing terminal that stores meta information. The meta information includes information relating to the multimedia content including a content ID and a terminal ID of a terminal that stores the content. A the multimedia content retrieving device also includes a retrieving device that inputs a retrieving condition that specifies information relating to the content, an obtaining device that obtains the meta information, a specifying device that specifies the content ID based on the meta information obtained by the obtaining device, and the terminal ID of the terminal storing the content, and a transmitting device that transmits a request for obtaining the content relating to the content ID through the network to the terminal specified by the specifying device.