PURPOSE: To provide the resin molding method and the resin molding metal mold for a thin substrate, which can remove air from a cavity smoothly and positively and can readily mold the thin substrate having the excellent quality.
CONSTITUTION: Fused resin, which is injected into a cavity 18 from a part corresponding to the central part of an optical disk substrate (thin substrate), is circulated toward a part corresponding to the outer surface of the optical disk substrate. At this time, air in the cavity 18 is pushed out through an air vent 19, which is provided at a part corresponding to the outer surface of the optical disk substrate. Therefore, the air does not remain in the cavity 18, and the inside of the cavity 18 is uniformly filled with the resin.