There is provided a polarizing plate including: a polarizer; and a light transmissive film with a birefringent property in a plane, disposed on one surface of the polarizer, wherein the light transmissive film satisfies a relationship of the following expression (1): nx>N>ny  (1) where a refractive index in a slow-axis direction which is a direction with a greatest refractive index in a plane of the light transmissive film is nx, a refractive index in a fast-axis direction which is a direction orthogonal to the slow-axis direction in the plane is ny, and an average refractive index of the light transmissive film is N; and wherein the polarizer and the light transmissive film are placed so that both fast-axis direction of the light transmissive film and absorption-axis direction of the polarizer are along a horizontal direction.