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I know that その通り can mean "Exactly" or "That's right". But I was watching an
anime (Samurai 7) and heard one of the characters say "この通り" and something
else right afterwards which I didn't catch.

For context, the scene was the governor of the city asking for forgiveness
from some samurai who had been wronged by his predecessor. After he admitted
that the samurai had been wronged. He prostrated himself and said, "この通り (and
something else)". The subtitles translated to: "I beg of you. Please forgive
me."
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What exactly does この通{とお}りmean?
It means "just like this", "just as you see". Probably the governor was bowing
or something to show the act of begging, and wanted to show how serious he/she
was. The nuance would be something like "Please look at me. I am begging
seriously just like this."
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As @sawa answered earlier, it means _"like this"_ or _"in this way"_.

For future reference, 〜通り{どおり} can also be used in many places:

  * 教科書通り{きょうかしょどおり} -> by the book
  * 憲法通り{けんぽうどおり} -> by the constitution
  * 規則通り{きそくどおり} -> by the rules
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この通りでございます。この通りです。お許しください。許してください。 「この通り」means I beg you.
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