A sulfur-containing cyclic olefin resin comprising a unit represented by the following general formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 1,000,000. (Here, R1 to R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aromatic group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cyano group, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a heterocyclic compound, further R3 to R6 may be a halogen atom, R3 and R4, and R5 and R6 may form a ring containing carbon, oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen, R7 and R8′ each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, . . . represents a single bond or a double bond, and l and m each is 0 or 1.)