Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method therefor

A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of pixels, the liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including a pixel electrode;
• a second substrate which is arranged to face the first substrate and includes a counter electrode;
• a liquid crystal layer which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and includes liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy;
• a first alignment film formed on the first substrate;
• a second alignment film formed on the second substrate;
• and
• a pair of polarizing plates arranged outside the first substrate and the second substrate,
• wherein the liquid crystal layer contains a chiral agent,
• wherein at least one of the first alignment film and the second alignment film is a photo-alignment film whose alignment is divided by performing a plurality of exposures on a photosensitive organic film,
• wherein each of the pixels has a plurality of alignment regions in which directions in which a long axis direction of liquid crystal molecules present near a center of the liquid crystal layer in a thickness direction is projected onto the first substrate are different from each other due to the alignment division,
• wherein a number of exposures for each of the plurality of alignment regions for the alignment division is plural and same among the alignment regions,
• wherein, in each exposure for the alignment division, exposure is performed on two or more alignment regions in an arrangement direction, and previous numbers of exposures in alignment regions to be exposed in each exposure are same among the alignment regions, and
• wherein an angle formed by a direction in which the long axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules present near the center of the liquid crystal layer in the thickness direction in each of the plurality of alignment regions is projected onto the first substrate and a direction in which a polarizing axis of the polarizing plate extends is approximately 45°.