Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising in the stated order:

• a first polarizing plate;
• a first substrate;
• a first vertical alignment film;
• a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules;
• a second vertical alignment film;
• a second substrate;
• and
• a second polarizing plate,
• wherein in a pixel region, the liquid crystal molecules are aligned vertically to a surface of the first vertical alignment film and a surface of the second vertical alignment film when no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, and are aligned divisionally into at least four domains of mutually different tilt azimuths of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer,
• a first retardation layer containing a cured product of a first polymerizable liquid crystal compound is disposed between the first polarizing plate and the liquid crystal layer,
• a second retardation layer containing a cured product of a second polymerizable liquid crystal compound is disposed between the second polarizing plate and the liquid crystal layer,
• the first retardation layer includes a first area and a second area having mutually different in-plane phase differences,
• the second retardation layer includes a third area and a fourth area having mutually different in-plane phase differences,
• the first area and the third area overlap boundaries between the at least four domains in a plan view and each have an in-plane phase difference of 0.109 to 0.165 μm,
• an in-plane slow axis of the first area is orthogonal to an in-plane slow axis of the third area,
• an absorption axis of the first polarizing plate and the in-plane slow axis of the first area form an angle of substantially 45° therebetween,
• an absorption axis of the second polarizing plate and the in-plane slow axis of the third area form an angle of substantially 45° therebetween, and
• the absorption axis of the first polarizing plate is orthogonal to the absorption axis of the second polarizing plate.