A coated member includes a base material and a
coating film formed on the surface thereof. At least one layer in the
coating film is a hard film of a cubic
metal compound including at least one element selected from the group consisting of the group 4 elements (Ti, Zr, Hf, etc.), group 5 elements (V, Nb, Ta, etc.) and group 6 elements (Cr, Mo, W, etc.) of the
periodic table, Al, Si, B, Y and Mn together with at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N and O. In the
pole figure for the face (111) of the hard film, the X-
ray intensity distribution in the α-axis shows the
maximum intensity in the α-angle range of 50-65°. In the
pole figure for the face (200), the X-
ray intensity distribution in the α-axis shows the
maximum intensity in the α-angle range of 60-80°.