1. A facial expression learning apparatus for learning data to be used by a facial expression recognition apparatus, the facial expression recognition apparatus being adapted for recognizing an expression of a provided face image by using an expression learning data set including plural face images representing specific expressions as recognition targets and plural face images representing expressions different from the specific expressions, the facial expression learning apparatus comprising an expression learning unit for learning data to be used by the facial expression recognition apparatus, the facial expression recognition apparatus identifying the face images representing the specific expressions from provided face images on the basis of a face feature extracted from the expression learning data set by using a Gabor filter.