A liquid crystal panel (2) comprises a liquid crystal layer (30) sandwiched between two substrates (10 and 20) and alignment films (15 and 22) in contact with a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal panel (2) is of a vertical alignment type which drives the liquid crystal layer (30) by a transverse electric field which is generated between an upper electrode (14) and an lower layer electrode (12). A polar anchoring strength of each of the alignment films (15 and 22) falls within a range from more than 5×10−6 J/m2 to not more than 1×10−4 J/m2.