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1. A liquid crystal display device having at least:
a first and a second polarizing layers arranged so that respective absorption axes thereof are orthogonal to each other; a first and a second substrates arranged opposite to each other between the first and second polarizing layers, at least either one of which has a transparent electrode; a twisted alignment mode liquid crystal cell arranged between the first and the second substrates; a first optical compensation film arranged between the first polarizing layer and the liquid crystal cell, including a first transparent support and a layer formed by curing a composition containing a first liquid crystal compound; and a second optical compensation film arranged between the second polarizing layer and the liquid crystal cell, including a second transparent support and a layer formed by curing a composition containing a second liquid crystal compound; wherein, an absorption axis of a first polarizing plate is arranged at an angle of 45° to a director direction of liquid crystals on a surface of substrate in the liquid crystal cell adjacent to the first polarizing plate, the first transparent support has retardation and its in-plane slow axis is arranged in parallel or orthogonal to the director direction of liquid crystals on a surface of substrate in the liquid crystal cell adjacent thereto, a slow axis of the layer formed by curing a composition containing a first liquid crystal compound is arranged orthogonal to the director direction of liquid crystals on the surface of substrate in the liquid crystal cell adjacent thereto, the second transparent support has retardation and its in-plane slow axis is arranged in parallel or orthogonal to the director direction of liquid crystals on a liquid crystal cell substrate surface, a slow axis of the layer formed by curing a composition containing a second liquid crystal compound is arranged orthogonal to the director direction of liquid crystals on a liquid crystal cell substrate surface adjacent thereto, each of the first and the second transparent supports has in-plane retardation Re (550) of 0 to 200 nm and retardation in a thickness direction Rth (550) of −100 to 200 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, each of the compositions containing the first and the second liquid crystal compounds has in-plane retardation Re (550) of 10 to 100 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, and in which a ratio between retardation R [+40°] measured in a direction inclined 40° to a normal direction and retardation R [−40°] measured in a direction inversely inclined 40° to the normal direction in a plane orthogonal to the in-plane slow axis satisfies the following formula (I) or (II): when R [+40°]>R [−40°],
1.1≦R[+40°]/R[−40°]≦40 (I) when R [+40°]<R [−40],
1.1≦R[−40°]/R[+40°]≦40 (II) |
