Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a molybdenum oxide-containing thin film, involving vaporizing a starting material for forming a thin film containing a compound represented by the following general formula (I) to give vapor containing a molybdenum amide compound, introducing the obtained vapor onto a substrate, and further introducing an oxidizing gas to cause decomposition and/or a chemical reaction to form a thin film on the substrate. In the formula, R1 and R2 each represents a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atom(s), R3 represents a t-butyl group or a t-amyl group, y represents 0 or 2, x is 4 when y is 0, or x is 2 when y is 2, wherein R1 and R2 that are plurally present may be the same or different.