The laser projection display device (1) includes a laser beam source (5), a laser driver (4) driving the laser beam source, and an image processing unit (2) supplying a display image signal to the laser driver. The image processing unit applies a preliminary emission signal (53) to perform preliminary emission to an image signal (50) in a predetermined period (t0 to t1) immediately before a black pixel signal is switched to a signal except for the black pixel signal when the image signal has a black pixel duration. In particular, the preliminary emission process is performed when the laser beam source is operated in a dark image region while being reduced in maximum light intensity, and, as the preliminary emission signal, a signal (L0) corresponding to a light intensity which is 1/10 or less a maximum light intensity (La) in the dark image region.