A metal thin film provided on a substrate and having a metal with a face-centered cubic crystal structure, wherein the metal thin film is preferentially oriented in a (111) plane, and a (100) plane which is not parallel to a surface of the substrate is present on a surface of the thin film. In this metal thin film, the metal with a face-centered cubic crystal structure includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ir, and Ru.