An image processing apparatus performs image processing on moving picture data by using image processing control information which defines image processing conditions and outputs the moving picture data subjected to the image processing to an image output device connected to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A moving-picture-data obtaining unit obtains the moving picture data in units of blocks, each block including a plurality of unit images. An image-processing-control-information obtaining unit obtains image processing control information associated with each block of the moving picture data. An image processor performs image processing on each block of the moving picture data by using the image processing control information. An output unit outputs the moving picture data subjected to the image processing to the image output device.