Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the device comprising:

• a transmissive liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal layer is held between a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed to face each other;
• a first polarization control element provided on an outer surface of the first substrate, which is opposed to a surface of the first substrate that holds the liquid crystal layer, the first polarization control element being configured to pass light in a polarization state of elliptically polarized light;
• and
• a second polarization control element provided on an outer surface of the second substrate, which is opposed to a surface of the second substrate that holds the liquid crystal layer, the second polarization control element being configured to pass light in a polarization state of elliptically polarized light, whose direction of rotation is opposite to a direction of rotation of the elliptically polarized light that is passed through the first polarization control element,
• wherein when a vertical direction of a screen is set to be a reference azimuth, the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules that are homogeneously aligned in an azimuth that is different from the reference azimuth.