A thin film formation apparatus includes a printing roll having an elastic letterpress of resin or rubber fitted at a part of a surface of a cylinder part and, an intaglio roll rotating while facing the printing roll, thereby transferring ink to a surface of the elastic letterpress through contact with the printing roll. The thin film formation apparatus further includes a pair of printing roll side contact bodies on a drum portion or a rotating shaft of the printing roll, and a pair of intaglio roll side contact bodies on a drum portion or a rotating shaft of the intaglio role. The printing roll side contact bodies and the intaglio roll side contact bodies continuously contact each other, at least before and during the contact of the elastic letterpress with the intaglio roll, to form a thin film of uniform film thickness.