#include <bits/stdc++.h>
// created [2020/03/21] 20:42:14
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-compare"
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-conversion"

using i32   = int32_t;
using i64   = int64_t;
using u32   = uint32_t;
using u64   = uint64_t;
using uint  = unsigned int;
using usize = std::size_t;
using ll    = long long;
using ull   = unsigned long long;
using ld    = long double;
template<typename T, usize n>
using arr = T (&)[n];
template<typename T, usize n>
using c_arr = const T (&)[n];
template<typename T>
using max_heap = std::priority_queue<T>;
template<typename T>
using min_heap = std::priority_queue<T, std::vector<T>, std::greater<T>>;
template<typename T> constexpr T popcount(const T u) { return u ? static_cast<T>(__builtin_popcountll(static_cast<u64>(u))) : static_cast<T>(0); }
template<typename T> constexpr T log2p1(const T u) { return u ? static_cast<T>(64 - __builtin_clzll(static_cast<u64>(u))) : static_cast<T>(0); }
template<typename T> constexpr T msbp1(const T u) { return log2p1(u); }
template<typename T> constexpr T lsbp1(const T u) { return __builtin_ffsll(u); }
template<typename T> constexpr T clog(const T u) { return u ? log2p1(u - 1) : static_cast<T>(u); }
template<typename T> constexpr bool ispow2(const T u) { return u and (static_cast<u64>(u) & static_cast<u64>(u - 1)) == 0; }
template<typename T> constexpr T ceil2(const T u) { return static_cast<T>(1) << clog(u); }
template<typename T> constexpr T floor2(const T u) { return u == 0 ? static_cast<T>(0) : static_cast<T>(1) << (log2p1(u) - 1); }
template<typename T> constexpr bool btest(const T mask, const usize ind) { return static_cast<bool>((static_cast<u64>(mask) >> ind) & static_cast<u64>(1)); }
template<typename T> void bset(T& mask, const usize ind) { mask |= (static_cast<T>(1) << ind); }
template<typename T> void breset(T& mask, const usize ind) { mask &= ~(static_cast<T>(1) << ind); }
template<typename T> void bflip(T& mask, const usize ind) { mask ^= (static_cast<T>(1) << ind); }
template<typename T> void bset(T& mask, const usize ind, const bool b) { (b ? bset(mask, ind) : breset(mask, ind)); }
template<typename T> constexpr T bcut(const T mask, const usize ind) { return ind == 0 ? static_cast<T>(0) : static_cast<T>((static_cast<u64>(mask) << (64 - ind)) >> (64 - ind)); }
template<typename T> bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) { return (a > b ? a = b, true : false); }
template<typename T> bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) { return (a < b ? a = b, true : false); }
constexpr unsigned int mod                  = 1000000007;
template<typename T> constexpr T inf_v      = std::numeric_limits<T>::max() / 4;
template<typename Real> constexpr Real pi_v = Real{3.141592653589793238462643383279502884};
auto mfp = [](auto&& f) { return [=](auto&&... args) { return f(f, std::forward<decltype(args)>(args)...); }; };

template<typename T>
T in()
{
    T v;
    return std::cin >> v, v;
}
template<typename T, typename Uint, usize n, usize i>
T in_v(typename std::enable_if<(i == n), c_arr<Uint, n>>::type) { return in<T>(); }
template<typename T, typename Uint, usize n, usize i>
auto in_v(typename std::enable_if<(i < n), c_arr<Uint, n>>::type& szs)
{
    const usize s = (usize)szs[i];
    std::vector<decltype(in_v<T, Uint, n, i + 1>(szs))> ans(s);
    for (usize j = 0; j < s; j++) { ans[j] = in_v<T, Uint, n, i + 1>(szs); }
    return ans;
}
template<typename T, typename Uint, usize n>
auto in_v(c_arr<Uint, n> szs) { return in_v<T, Uint, n, 0>(szs); }
template<typename... Types>
auto in_t() { return std::tuple<std::decay_t<Types>...>{in<Types>()...}; }
struct io_init
{
    io_init()
    {
        std::cin.tie(nullptr), std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
        std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(20);
    }
    void clear()
    {
        std::cin.tie(), std::ios::sync_with_stdio(true);
    }
} io_setting;

int out() { return 0; }
template<typename T>
int out(const T& v) { return std::cout << v, 0; }
template<typename T>
int out(const std::vector<T>& v)
{
    for (usize i = 0; i < v.size(); i++) {
        if (i > 0) { std::cout << ' '; }
        out(v[i]);
    }
    return 0;
}
template<typename T1, typename T2>
int out(const std::pair<T1, T2>& v) { return out(v.first), std::cout << ' ', out(v.second), 0; }
template<typename T, typename... Args>
int out(const T& v, const Args... args) { return out(v), std::cout << ' ', out(args...), 0; }
template<typename... Args>
int outln(const Args... args) { return out(args...), std::cout << '\n', 0; }
template<typename... Args>
int outel(const Args... args) { return out(args...), std::cout << std::endl, 0; }
#    define SHOW(...) static_cast<void>(0)
constexpr ull TEN(const usize n) { return n == 0 ? 1ULL : TEN(n - 1) * 10ULL; }

template<typename T, typename Uint, usize n, usize i>
auto make_v(typename std::enable_if<(i == n), c_arr<Uint, n>>::type, const T& v = T{}) { return v; }
template<typename T, typename Uint, usize n, usize i>
auto make_v(typename std::enable_if<(i < n), c_arr<Uint, n>>::type szs, const T& v = T{})
{
    const usize s = (usize)szs[i];
    return std::vector<decltype(make_v<T, Uint, n, i + 1>(szs, v))>(s, make_v<T, Uint, n, i + 1>(szs, v));
}
template<typename T, typename Uint, usize n>
auto make_v(c_arr<Uint, n> szs, const T& t = T{}) { return make_v<T, Uint, n, 0>(szs, t); }


template<typename Cost = usize>
struct edge
{
    using cost_type = Cost;
    usize u, v;
    Cost c;
    edge(const usize u, const usize v) : u{u}, v{v}, c{1} {}
    edge(const usize u, const usize v, const Cost& c) : u{u}, v{v}, c{c} {}
    operator usize() const { return v; }
    usize from() const { return u; }
    usize to() const { return v; }
    Cost cost() const { return c; }
    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const edge& e) { return os << e.u << "->" << e.v << ":" << e.c; }
};
template<typename Edge>
class base_graph
{
public:
    base_graph(const usize n) : v{n}, es(n), res(n) {}
    void add_edge(const usize u, const usize v, const bool bi = false)
    {
        es[u].emplace_back(u, v), res[v].emplace_back(v, u);
        if (bi) { es[v].emplace_back(v, u), res[u].emplace_back(u, v); }
    }
    template<typename Cost>
    void add_edge(const usize u, const usize v, const Cost& c, const bool bi = false)
    {
        es[u].emplace_back(u, v, c), res[v].emplace_back(v, u, c);
        if (bi) { es[v].emplace_back(v, u, c), res[u].emplace_back(u, v, c); }
    }
    std::vector<Edge>& operator[](const usize u) { return es[u]; }
    const std::vector<Edge>& operator[](const usize u) const { return es[u]; }
    std::vector<Edge>& from(const usize u) { return es[u]; }
    const std::vector<Edge>& from(const usize u) const { return es[u]; }
    std::vector<Edge>& to(const usize v) { return res[v]; }
    const std::vector<Edge>& to(const usize v) const { return res[v]; }
    usize size() const { return v; }
    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const base_graph& g)
    {
        for (usize i = 0; i < g.v; i++) {
            for (const auto& e : g.es[i]) { os << e << '\n'; }
        }
        return os;
    }

private:
    usize v;
    std::vector<std::vector<Edge>> es, res;
};
template<typename Edge>
using base_tree = base_graph<Edge>;
using graph     = base_graph<edge<>>;
using tree      = base_graph<edge<>>;
template<typename Cost>
using cost_graph = base_graph<edge<Cost>>;
template<typename Cost>
using cost_tree = base_graph<edge<Cost>>;
template<typename Edge>
std::vector<typename Edge::cost_type> dijkstra(const base_graph<Edge>& g, const usize s)
{
    using Cost = typename Edge::cost_type;
    std::vector<Cost> d(g.size(), inf_v<Cost>);
    using P = std::pair<Cost, usize>;
    std::priority_queue<P, std::vector<P>, std::greater<P>> q;
    d[s] = 0, q.push({0, s});
    while (not q.empty()) {
        const Cost cost = q.top().first;
        const usize v   = q.top().second;
        q.pop();
        if (d[v] < cost) { continue; }
        for (const auto& e : g[v]) {
            const auto cost = e.cost();
            const usize to  = e.to();
            if (d[to] <= d[v] + cost) { continue; }
            d[to] = d[v] + cost, q.push({d[to], to});
        }
    }
    return d;
}
int main()
{
    const auto H = in<int>(), W = in<int>();
    const auto sss = in_v<std::string>({H});
    SHOW(sss);
    graph g(H * W + 2);
    for (int i = 0; i < H; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < W; j++) {
            if (i + 1 < H) { g.add_edge(i * W + j, (i + 1) * W + j, sss[i][j] == sss[i + 1][j] ? 0 : 1); }
            if (j + 1 < W) { g.add_edge(i * W + j, i * W + (j + 1), sss[i][j] == sss[i][j + 1] ? 0 : 1); }
        }
    }
    g.add_edge(H * W, 0, sss[0][0] == '#' ? 1 : 0);
    g.add_edge(H * W - 1, H * W + 1, sss[H - 1][W - 1] == '#' ? 1 : 0);
    const int D = dijkstra(g, H * W)[H * W + 1] + 1;
    outln(D / 2);
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 2048