Phase difference film, method for manufacturing phase difference film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device

A polarizing plate comprising:

• a phase difference film;
• and
• a polarizer,
• wherein the phase difference film comprises:
• a support;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer formed of a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystalline compound so as to be in contact with the support,
• a surface energy of a surface of the support on which the liquid crystal layer is formed is 45 mN/m or more and a non-polar dispersion force component included in the surface energy is 45 mN/m or more,
• the liquid crystalline compound is immobilized in an aligned state,
• a contrast of the phase difference film is more than 10000,
• a slow axis of the support is parallel to an absorption axis of the polarizer,
• the support has 100 to 180 nm of Re1 and 50 to 90 nm of Rth1,
• the liquid crystal layer has −10 to 10 nm of Re2 and −150 to −80 nm of Rth2, and
• the support and the liquid crystal layer have a reciprocal wavelength dispersibility,
• where, Re1 means an in-plane retardation (nm) of the support at a wavelength of 550 nm, Rth1 means a thickness-direction retardation (nm) of the support at a wavelength of 550 nm, Re2 means an in-plane retardation (nm) of the liquid crystal layer at a wavelength of 550 nm, and Rth2 means a thickness-direction retardation (nm) of the liquid crystal layer at a wavelength of 550 nm.