This application discloses a system for depositing a magnetic film for a magnetic recording layer or depositing an underlying film prior to depositing a magnetic film as a recording layer. The system comprises; a chamber in which the film is deposited onto a substrate by sputtering, a target that is provided in the chamber and made of material of the film to be deposited, a sputter power source for applying voltage to the target for the sputtering, and a direction control member for controlling sputter-particles released from the target during the sputtering. The direction control member is provided between the substrate and the target. The direction control member provides a passage for the sputter-particles. The direction control member lets the sputter-particles selectively pass through, thereby allowing magnetic anisotropy to the magnetic film. The passage is not close but open in its cross section.