Liquid crystal display device

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

• a first substrate which includes an insulating layer, pixel electrodes disposed on the insulating layer respectively in the plurality of pixels, and an alignment film disposed on the pixel electrodes for vertically aligning liquid crystal molecules in the absence of an applied voltage;
• a second substrate which has a common electrode;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate,
• wherein each of the pixel electrodes includes a plurality of subpixel electrodes electrically separated from one another on the insulating layer,
• each of the plurality of subpixel electrodes has a recess recessed toward the insulating layer,
• the first substrate includes a connecting portion which is provided under the insulating layer and which is electrically connected to respective one of the plurality of subpixel electrodes at the recess, and
• part of the common electrode lying above a whole area of the pixel electrodes is substantially flat.