#include<cstdio>
#include<vector>
#include<algorithm>
#include<queue>
using namespace std;
int n, m;
int a[55][55];
vector<pair<int, int>> ed[20005]; // to,val
int id(int x, int y, int flag) { // 0 : straight 1 : corner 0->1
if (x < 0 || x > n || y < 0 || y > m) return -1;
else return 4 * (x * (m + 1) + y) + flag;
}
vector<int> resolve(int t) {
return { (t / 4) / (m + 1),(t / 4) % (m + 1), t % 4 };
}
void adde(int ux, int uy, int uflag, int vx, int vy, int vflag, int val) {
ed[id(ux, uy, uflag)].push_back({ id(vx,vy,vflag), val });
// printf("Add edge : (%d, %d, %d) -> (%d, %d, %d) : val = %d\n", ux, uy, uflag, vx, vy, vflag, val);
}
int dis[20005], From[20005];
bool vis[20005];
priority_queue<pair<int, int>> Q; // -dis, pos
void dijkstra() {
for (int i = 0;i <= n;i++) {
for (int j = 0;j <= m;j++) {
dis[id(i, j, 0)] = 1e9;
dis[id(i, j, 1)] = 1e9;
dis[id(i, j, 2)] = 1e9;
dis[id(i, j, 3)] = 1e9;
}
}
dis[id(0, 0, 0)] = 0;
Q.push({ 0, id(0, 0, 0) });
dis[id(0, 0, 1)] = 0;
Q.push({ 0, id(0, 0, 1) });
while (!Q.empty()) {
int cur = Q.top().second;
Q.pop();
if (vis[cur]) continue;
vis[cur] = true;
for (auto& p : ed[cur]) {
if (dis[p.first] > dis[cur] + p.second) {
dis[p.first] = dis[cur] + p.second;
From[p.first] = cur;
Q.push({ -dis[p.first], p.first });
}
}
}
}
int main() {
scanf("%d%d", &n, &m);
for (int i = 1;i <= n;i++) {
for (int j = 1;j <= m;j++) {
char tmp;
scanf(" %c", &tmp);
if (tmp == '#') a[i][j] = 1;
}
}
for (int i = 0;i <= n;i++) {
for (int j = 0;j < m;j++) {
int cnt = a[i][j + 1] + a[i + 1][j + 1];
adde(i, j, 0, i, j + 1, 0, cnt);
adde(i, j + 1, 2, i, j, 2, cnt);
}
}
for (int i = 0;i <= m;i++) {
for (int j = 0;j < n;j++) {
int cnt = a[j + 1][i] + a[j + 1][i + 1];
adde(j, i, 1, j + 1, i, 1, cnt);
adde(j + 1, i, 3, j, i, 3, cnt);
}
}
// R = 0, D = 1, L = 2, U = 3
for (int i = 0;i <= n;i++) {
for (int j = 0;j <= m;j++) {
adde(i, j, 0, i, j, 1, a[i][j + 1] - a[i + 1][j]); adde(i, j, 3, i, j, 2, a[i][j + 1] - a[i + 1][j]);
adde(i, j, 1, i, j, 2, a[i + 1][j + 1] - a[i][j]); adde(i, j, 0, i, j, 3, a[i + 1][j + 1] - a[i][j]);
adde(i, j, 2, i, j, 3, a[i + 1][j] - a[i][j + 1]); adde(i, j, 1, i, j, 0, a[i + 1][j] - a[i][j + 1]);
adde(i, j, 3, i, j, 0, a[i][j] - a[i + 1][j + 1]); adde(i, j, 2, i, j, 1, a[i][j] - a[i + 1][j + 1]);
}
}
dijkstra();
printf("%d\n", min(dis[id(n, m, 0)], dis[id(n, m, 1)]));
int curx = n, cury = m, curf = dis[id(n, m, 0)] < dis[id(n, m, 1)] ? 0 : 1;
vector<vector<int>> route;
while (curx != 0 || cury != 0 || curf >= 2) {
vector<int> pre = resolve(From[id(curx, cury, curf)]);
// printf("Find prev : (%d, %d, %d), edge-val = %d\n", pre[0], pre[1], pre[2],
dis[id(curx, cury, curf)] - dis[id(pre[0], pre[1], pre[2])]);
curx = pre[0], cury = pre[1], curf = pre[2];
}
}