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The present invention provides a polarizer plate including at least a protective layer A, a polarizer, and a protective layer B in that order, the protective layer A including at least layers a and b respectively including a thermoplastic resin as a main component, the layer a having a flexural modu

The present invention provides a polarizer plate including at least a protective layer A, a polarizer, and a protective layer B in that order, the protective layer A including at least layers a and b respectively including a thermoplastic resin as a main component, the layer a having a flexural modulus higher than that of the layer b; and a liquid crystal display device including a light source, an incident-side polarizer plate, a liquid crystal cell, and an exit-side polarizer plate in that order, the incident-side polarizer plate and/or the exit-side polarizer plate being the polarizer plate of the present invention. According to the present invention, a polarizer plate exhibiting high tenacity and high surface hardness and a liquid crystal display device including the polarizer plate are provided.

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1. A polarizer plate comprising at least a protective layer A, a polarizer formed of polyvinyl alcohol, and a protective layer B in that order, the protective layer A being obtained by coextrusion and including at least layers a and b respectively including a thermoplastic resin as a main component,

1. A polarizer plate comprising at least a protective layer A, a polarizer formed of polyvinyl alcohol, and a protective layer B in that order, the protective layer A being obtained by coextrusion and including at least layers a and b respectively including a thermoplastic resin as a main component,the layer a having a flexural modulus of 3 GPa to 4 GPa and the layer b being formed of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer, a cellulose polymer, a polyester polymer, a polycarbonate polymer, a polysulfone polymer, a polyethersulfone polymer, a vinyl aromatic polymer, a polyolefin polymer, a polyvinyl alcohol polymer, a polyvinyl chloride polymer, and a poly(meth)acrylate polymer and having a flexural modulus of 2.1 GPa to 3.0 GPa and a thickness of 5 to 52 μm,wherein the flexural modulus of layer a is higher than the flexural modulus of layer b, andwherein a difference in flexural modulus between the layers a and b is 0.2 GPa to 1.2 GPa. 2. The polarizer plate according to claim 1, wherein the protective layer A has a water vapor transmission rate of 10 g/day·m2 or less. 3. The polarizer plate according to claim 1, wherein the protective layer B is a layer exhibiting birefringence. 4. A liquid crystal display device comprising a light source, an incident-side polarizer plate, a liquid crystal cell, and an exit-side polarizer plate in that order, wherein the incident-side polarizer plate and/or the exit-side polarizer plate is the polarizer plate according to claim 1. 5. A liquid crystal display device comprising a light source, an incident-side polarizer plate, a liquid crystal cell, and an exit-side polarizer plate in that order, wherein the exit-side polarizer plate is the polarizer plate according to claim 1. 6. A liquid crystal display device comprising a light source, an incident-side polarizer plate, a liquid crystal cell, and an exit-side polarizer plate in that order, wherein the incident-side polarizer plate and/or the exit-side polarizer plate is the polarizer plate according to claim 1, and wherein the polarizer plate according to claim 1 is disposed so that the layer b is located closer to the liquid crystal cell than is the layer a. 7. The polarizer plate according to claim 1, wherein the protective layer A includes the layer a, the layer b, and a layer c. 8. The polarizer plate according to claim 7, wherein the layer b and the layer c are formed of a poly(meth)acrylate polymer. 9. The polarizer plate according to claim 1, wherein the layer b is provided adjacent to the polarizer. 10. The polarizer plate according to claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic resin is at least one thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of a vinyl aromatic polymer, a poly(meth)acrylate polymer, a polyacrylonitrile polymer, a vinyl alicyclic hydrocarbon polymer, and a hydrogenated product thereof. 11. The polarizer plate according to claim 1, where the layer b is formed by at least one thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer, a cellulose polymer, and a polyester polymer. 12. The polarizer plate according to claim 1, where the layer b is formed by at least one thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer, a cellulose polymer and a polycarbonate polymer. 13. The polarizer plate according to claim 1, where the protective layer A has a three-layer structure formed of the layers a, x, and b or a five-layer structure formed of the layers a, x, b, x, and a, wherein the layer x is an adhesive layer.