A liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal material sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of scanning signal lines on the first substrate; a plurality of video signal lines on the first substrate which intersect the respective plurality of scanning signal lines; a plurality of switching elements on the first substrate which are electrically connected to the respective plurality of scanning signal lines and the respective plurality of video signal lines; and a plurality of picture element electrodes on the first substrate which are provided in a matrix pattern and electrically connected to the respective switching elements, the picture element electrodes having a longer length in a direction of the scanning signal lines than in a direction of the video signal lines, said liquid crystal display device comprising: storage capacitor lines provided on the first substrate along the respective scanning signal lines, wherein the storage capacitor lines overlap the respective picture element electrodes via an insulating film in plan view; on the second substrate, color filters which correspond to the respective picture element electrodes provided on the first substrate; and black matrices provided in a boundary region between the respective color filters; characterised in that, the scanning signal lines and the storage capacitor lines overlap the respective black matrices in plan view in a region between picture element electrodes which are adjacent along the direction of the video signal lines. a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal material sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of scanning signal lines on the first substrate; a plurality of video signal lines on the first substrate which intersect the respective plurality of scanning signal lines; a plurality of switching elements on the first substrate which are electrically connected to the respective plurality of scanning signal lines and the respective plurality of video signal lines; and a plurality of picture element electrodes on the first substrate which are provided in a matrix pattern and electrically connected to the respective switching elements, the picture element electrodes having a longer length in a direction of the scanning signal lines than in a direction of the video signal lines, said liquid crystal display device comprising: storage capacitor lines provided on the first substrate along the respective scanning signal lines, wherein the storage capacitor lines overlap the respective picture element electrodes via an insulating film in plan view; on the second substrate, color filters which correspond to the respective picture element electrodes provided on the first substrate; and black matrices provided in a boundary region between the respective color filters; characterised in that, the scanning signal lines and the storage capacitor lines overlap the respective black matrices in plan view in a region between picture element electrodes which are adjacent along the direction of the video signal lines. storage capacitor lines provided on the first substrate along the respective scanning signal lines, wherein the storage capacitor lines overlap the respective picture element electrodes via an insulating film in plan view; on the second substrate, color filters which correspond to the respective picture element electrodes provided on the first substrate; and black matrices provided in a boundary region between the respective color filters; characterised in that, the scanning signal lines and the storage capacitor lines overlap the respective black matrices in plan view in a region between picture element electrodes which are adjacent along the direction of the video signal lines.