Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix of M rows and N columns, wherein M and N are each an integer of 2 or greater;
• an array substrate including:
• a plurality of first pixel electrodes being disposed respectively in the plurality of pixels;
• and
• M second pixel electrodes respectively arranged adjacent to M first pixel electrodes in a first column among the plurality of first pixel electrodes, located on a side opposite to first pixel electrodes in a second column with respect to the first pixel electrodes in the first column in a row direction;
• a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules;
• and
• a controller configured to apply a voltage to the M second pixel electrodes and voltages based on video signals to the plurality of first pixel electrodes to drive:
• liquid crystal molecules belonging to a pixel in an m-th row and a first column, wherein m is an integer of 1 or greater and M or less, using an electric field formed between a first pixel electrode in the m-th row and the first column among the plurality of first pixel electrodes and a second pixel electrode located adjacent in the row direction to the first pixel electrode in the m-th row and the first column among the M second pixel electrodes;
• and
• liquid crystal molecules belonging to a pixel in the m-th row and an n-th column, wherein n is an integer of 2 or greater and N or less, using an electric field formed between a first pixel electrode in the m-th row and the n-th column and a first pixel electrode in the m-th row and an (n−1)th column among the plurality of first pixel electrodes,
• the plurality of first pixel electrodes having a linear shape with no branched portion.