Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

• a liquid crystal cell holding nematic liquid crystal with twisted alignment between a first substrate having a first electrode and a second substrate having a second electrode;
• an upper polarizer provided outside the second substrate at a visible side of said liquid crystal cell;
• a lower polarizer and a scattering layer provided outside the first substrate at a side opposite to the visible side of said liquid crystal cell;
• a light guide film of side light type provided outside said lower polarizer and said light scattering layer;
• and
• a reflector provided outside said light guide film,
• wherein said light guide film is a light guide film with a light scattering property in which particles with a light scattering property are mixed, and
• wherein each of said scattering layer and said light guide film with the light scattering property has a property of scattering incident light while substantially maintaining a polarizing state thereof.