A plasma display panel operated at a high luminous efficiency even with a fine cell structure and its manufacturing method. An AC type PDP1 has a phosphor film 31 comprising a thinned crystal over the surface of a dielectric protecting film 14 in a front panel 10 The phosphor film 31 is a film formed by EB evaporation, the film thickness of which is set in a range where a sufficient luminous efficiency and a visible light penetration efficiency can be secured when the phosphor film 31 is irradiated with ultraviolet rays.