1. An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing image information from a recording medium which stores image information and rotation information that shows whether an image represented by the image information is portrait-oriented or landscape-oriented, the image reproducing apparatus comprising: a reading section that reads image information from the recording medium; a rotation information reading section that reads rotation information of the image information from the recording medium; and a decoder that generates an image signal based on the read image information and the read rotation information, wherein the decoder generates the image signal such that a cutout image including a part of an image represented by the read image information is displayed, when the rotation information shows that the image represented by the image information is portrait-oriented.