A water-containing lubricant coating agent, on use in metal plastic working carried out in a water-containing state with a water content of 3 to 50 mass%, wherein at least one solid lubricant with cleavability is dispersed in water, or at least one lipophilic lubricating component and at least one solid lubricant with cleavability are dispersed in water, and furthermore, at least one water-soluble lubricating component selected from the group consisting of fatty acid components having 12 to 20 carbon atoms is dissolved in a water-phase side at a mass ratio of /[ +] = 0.05 to 0.5, wherein the water-soluble lubricating component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium salts and potassium salts of lauric acid, tridecanoic acid, myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, heptadecanoic acid, stearic acid, and arachidic acid, the solid lubricant comprises carrier particles, which are particles including a lipophilic lubricating component as defined above between particles of and/or between layers of a layered clay mineral wherein layered clay mineral is at least one selected from natural products and synthetic products of a smectite group, a vermiculite group, a mica group, a brittle mica group, a pyrophyllite group, and a kaolinite group, and the lipophilic lubricating component has a solubility parameter (SP value), measured by a turbidimetric titration method defined in the description, of 10 or less, and the lipophilic lubricating component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an oil, an extreme-pressure agent, a metal soap, and a wax as follows: an oil: at least one selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, animal and plant oils and fats, and synthetic oils; an extreme-pressure agent: at least one selected from the group consisting of phosphorus-based extreme-pressure agents, sulfur-based extreme-pressure agents, organomolybdenum-based extreme-pressure agents, and organozinc-based extreme-pressure agents; a metal soap: at least one selected from the group consisting of metal salts other than sodium salts and potassium salts of fatty acids having 12 to 20 carbon atoms; a wax: at least one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene waxes, polypropylene waxes, carnauba waxes, and microcrystalline waxes. furthermore, at least one water-soluble lubricating component selected from the group consisting of fatty acid components having 12 to 20 carbon atoms is dissolved in a water-phase side at a mass ratio of /[ +] = 0.05 to 0.5, wherein the water-soluble lubricating component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium salts and potassium salts of lauric acid, tridecanoic acid, myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, heptadecanoic acid, stearic acid, and arachidic acid, the solid lubricant comprises carrier particles, which are particles including a lipophilic lubricating component as defined above between particles of and/or between layers of a layered clay mineral wherein layered clay mineral is at least one selected from natural products and synthetic products of a smectite group, a vermiculite group, a mica group, a brittle mica group, a pyrophyllite group, and a kaolinite group, and the lipophilic lubricating component has a solubility parameter (SP value), measured by a turbidimetric titration method defined in the description, of 10 or less, and the lipophilic lubricating component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an oil, an extreme-pressure agent, a metal soap, and a wax as follows: an oil: at least one selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, animal and plant oils and fats, and synthetic oils; an extreme-pressure agent: at least one selected from the group consisting of phosphorus-based extreme-pressure agents, sulfur-based extreme-pressure agents, organomolybdenum-based extreme-pressure agents, and organozinc-based extreme-pressure agents; a metal soap: at least one selected from the group consisting of metal salts other than sodium salts and potassium salts of fatty acids having 12 to 20 carbon atoms; a wax: at least one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene waxes, polypropylene waxes, carnauba waxes, and microcrystalline waxes. an oil: at least one selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, animal and plant oils and fats, and synthetic oils; an extreme-pressure agent: at least one selected from the group consisting of phosphorus-based extreme-pressure agents, sulfur-based extreme-pressure agents, organomolybdenum-based extreme-pressure agents, and organozinc-based extreme-pressure agents; a metal soap: at least one selected from the group consisting of metal salts other than sodium salts and potassium salts of fatty acids having 12 to 20 carbon atoms; a wax: at least one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene waxes, polypropylene waxes, carnauba waxes, and microcrystalline waxes.