Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising:

• interposing a liquid crystal material added with a photocurable resin between a first substrate and a second substrate;
• and
• applying light to the photocurable resin via the first substrate,
• the first substrate having a pair of transparent electrodes formed thereon, for applying a lateral field to the liquid crystal material, the lateral field being parallel to the first substrate,
• wherein the applying light comprises generating a polymer composition from the photocurable resin through energy absorption from the light, the light traveling while reducing the energy in a direction from the first substrate to the second substrate, thereby generating, in the polymer composition at least in a region overlapping with the pair of transparent electrodes, a part having a highest density, which is located closer to the first substrate than to the second substrate.