Method for manufacturing dimming element

A method of manufacturing a light control element including an extraction electrode portion, comprising:

• obtaining a light control film including a first base material with a transparent electrode layer and a second base material with a transparent electrode layer arranged so that transparent electrode layers are opposed to each other, a liquid crystal light control layer sandwiched between the first base material with a transparent electrode layer and the second base material with a transparent electrode layer, and an extending portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction;
• inserting peeling means between the first base material with a transparent electrode layer and the second base material with a transparent electrode layer in the extending portion, to thereby peel off one of the first base material with a transparent electrode layer and the second base material with a transparent electrode layer from the light control film;
• and
• bending a peeled portion of the one of the first base material with a transparent electrode layer and the second base material with a transparent electrode layer outward, to thereby snap the peeled portion,
• wherein the one of the first base material with a transparent electrode layer and the second base material with a transparent electrode layer has a breakage bending diameter of from 0.1 mm to 5 mm.